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Text -- Psalms 96:6 (NET)

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96:6 Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.
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TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Psa 96:6 - -- In his presence.

In his presence.

JFB: Psa 96:6 - -- Are His attendants, declared in His mighty works, while power and grace are specially seen in His spiritual relations to His people.

Are His attendants, declared in His mighty works, while power and grace are specially seen in His spiritual relations to His people.

Clarke: Psa 96:6 - -- Honour and majesty are before him - Does this refer to the cloud of his glory that preceded the ark in their journeying through the wilderness? The ...

Honour and majesty are before him - Does this refer to the cloud of his glory that preceded the ark in their journeying through the wilderness? The words strength and beauty, and glory and strength, Psa 96:7, are those by which the ark is described, Psa 78:61.

Calvin: Psa 96:6 - -- 6.Strength and honor are before him I translate the Hebrew word הוד , hod, by strength, and think those interpreters who render it glory ha...

6.Strength and honor are before him I translate the Hebrew word הוד , hod, by strength, and think those interpreters who render it glory have not duly considered the context. It is evident that the next member of the verse is a repetition, and there it reads, Power and Glory are in his sanctuary. The Psalmist means that we cannot be said to know God if we have not discovered that there is in him an incomparable glory and majesty. He first takes notice of his power and strength, as that in which his glory consists. There, as God is invisible, he directs the thoughts of his people to the sanctuary, which we have already seen to be the symbol of his presence. Such is the weakness of our minds that we rise with difficulty to the contemplation of his glory in the heavens. The Psalmist reminds us that we have no reason to say that his glory is obscure, since there were emblems of his presence in the temple, the sacrifices, and the ark of the covenant. Let us endeavor, when we make mention of God, to conceive of this glory which shines before him — otherwise, if we do not apprehend his power, it is rather a dead than a living God whom we worship. 84

TSK: Psa 96:6 - -- Honour : Psa 8:1, Psa 19:1, Psa 63:2, Psa 63:3, Psa 93:1, Psa 104:1; Heb 1:3; 2Pe 1:16, 2Pe 1:17 strength : Psa 27:4, Psa 29:1, Psa 29:2, Psa 29:9, Ps...

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Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

Barnes: Psa 96:6 - -- Honour and majesty are before him - This part of the verse is taken literally from 1Ch 16:27. The meaning is, that that which constitutes honor...

Honour and majesty are before him - This part of the verse is taken literally from 1Ch 16:27. The meaning is, that that which constitutes honor, glory, majesty, is in his presence, or wherever he is. Whereever he manifests himself, there are the exhibitions of honor and majesty. They are always the accompaniments of his presence.

Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary - This is slightly varied from the parallel passage in 1Ch 16:27. The word rendered "strength"is in both places the same. The word rendered "beauty"here - תפארת tiph'ereth - is in 1Ch 16:27 חדוה chedvâh - "joy or gladness."The word here rendered "sanctuary"- מקדשׁ miqdâsh - is in 1Ch 16:27 - מקום mâqôm - "place."These variations are such as to show that the psalm is not a mere extract, but that it was altered of design, and adapted to the occasion on which it was to be employed - confirming the supposition that it may have been used in the re-dedication of the temple after the return from the captivity. The word "sanctuary"refers to the holy place where God dwells; his sacred abode, whether his residence in heaven, or the temple on earth as the place of his earthly habitation. When it is said that "strength"is there, it means that the dwelling-place of God is the source of "power,"or that power emanates from thence; that is, from God himself. When it is said that "beauty"is there, the meaning is, that whatever is suited to charm by loveliness; whatever is a real ornament; whatever makes the world attractive; whatever beautifies and adorns creation, has its home in God; it proceeds from him. It may be added that whatever there is of "power"to reform the world, and convert sinners; whatever there is to turn people from their vicious and abandoned course of life; whatever there is to make the world better and happier, proceeds from the "sanctuary"- the church of God. Whatever there is that truly adorns society, and makes it more lovely and attractive; whatever there is that diffuses a charm over domestic and social life; whatever there is that makes the world more lovely or more desirable to live in - more courteous, more gentle, more humane, more kind, more forgiving - has its home in the "sanctuary,"or emanates from the church of God.

Poole: Psa 96:6 - -- Before him i.e. in his presence, like beams shot out from his face, who is the Sun of righteousness. There is an unconceivable glory and majesty in h...

Before him i.e. in his presence, like beams shot out from his face, who is the Sun of righteousness. There is an unconceivable glory and majesty in his countenance, and in the place of his presence.

In his sanctuary or, in his holy place ; where he records his name and affords his presence. There are the manifestations of God’ s power and grace, or goodness, and all his perfections.

Haydock: Psa 96:6 - -- Heavens. Apostles, Psalm xviii. The judge appears publicly. (Calmet)

Heavens. Apostles, Psalm xviii. The judge appears publicly. (Calmet)

Gill: Psa 96:6 - -- Honour and majesty are before him,.... He being set down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, and having honour and majesty ...

Honour and majesty are before him,.... He being set down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, and having honour and majesty laid upon him; being arrayed in robes of majesty, crowned with glory and honour, sitting on the same throne of glory with his Father, and having a sceptre of righteousness in his hand, and all the forms and ensigns of royalty and majesty about him; rays of light and glory darting from him; as well as those glorious and bright forms before him; the holy angels continually praising him; which is a much more noble sense than that of Kimchi's, who interprets them of the stars:

strength and beauty are in his sanctuary; the Targum is,

"the house of his sanctuary,''

the temple; the Gospel church, of which the temple or sanctuary was a figure: the strength of Christ is seen here, in the conversion of sinners by his Gospel, which is the rod of his strength, the power of God unto salvation, when it comes not in word only; and by which he also strengthens his people to the more vigorous exercise of grace and discharge of duty; here they go from strength to strength: the "beauty" of Christ is seen here; the King is held in the galleries of Gospel ordinances, and is beheld in his beauty; his people appear here in the beauties of holiness, and as a perfection of beauty, through the righteousness of Christ upon them; and as they observe the order of the Gospel, and do all things decently, and with a good decorum: or else, as Kimchi interprets it, heaven may be meant by the sanctuary, of which the holy place, made with hands, was a figure; here Christ reigns, girded with "strength"; here he rules as the Lord God omnipotent, having all power in heaven, and in earth, and doing according to his will in both; and from hence he shows himself strong on the behalf of his people; here. He, who is beauty itself, fairer than the children of men, dwells; here those beauteous forms of light and glory, the holy angels, are; and here the spirits of just men made perfect, who are without spot or wrinkle, or any such thing, have their abode: in 1Ch 16:27, it is,

strength and gladness are in his place; among his people and worshippers there.

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Psa 96:6 Heb “strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary.”

Geneva Bible: Psa 96:6 ( d ) Honour and majesty [are] before him: strength and beauty [are] in his sanctuary. ( d ) God cannot be known but by his strength and glory, the s...

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Psa 96:1-13 - --1 An exhortation to praise God,4 for his greatness;8 for his kingdom;11 for his general judgment.

MHCC: Psa 96:1-9 - --When Christ finished his work on earth, and was received into his glory in heaven, the church began to sing a new song unto him, and to bless his name...

Matthew Henry: Psa 96:1-9 - -- These verses will be best expounded by pious and devout affections working in our souls towards God, with a high veneration for his majesty and tran...

Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 96:4-6 - -- Confirmation of the call from the glory of Jahve that is now become manifest. The clause Psa 96:4 , as also Psa 145:3, is taken out of Psa 48:2. ...

Constable: Psa 90:1--106:48 - --IV. Book 4: chs. 90--106 Moses composed one of the psalms in this section of the Psalter (Ps. 90). David wrote t...

Constable: Psa 96:1-13 - --Psalm 96 Here is another psalm that focuses on the reign of God. In it the psalmist called on all the ea...

Constable: Psa 96:1-6 - --1. An invitation to all people to honor Yahweh 96:1-6 96:1-3 The new song the people of the earth should sing is a song that praises God for His new b...

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Introduction / Outline

JFB: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Hebrew title of this book is Tehilim ("praises" or "hymns"), for a leading feature in its contents is praise, though the word occurs in the title ...

JFB: Psalms (Outline) ALEPH. (Psa 119:1-8). This celebrated Psalm has several peculiarities. It is divided into twenty-two parts or stanzas, denoted by the twenty-two let...

TSK: Psalms (Book Introduction) The Psalms have been the general song of the universal Church; and in their praise, all the Fathers have been unanimously eloquent. Men of all nation...

TSK: Psalms 96 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Psa 96:1, An exhortation to praise God, Psa 96:4, for his greatness; Psa 96:8, for his kingdom; Psa 96:11, for his general judgment.

Poole: Psalms (Book Introduction) OF PSALMS THE ARGUMENT The divine authority of this Book of PSALMS is so certain and evident, that it was never questioned in the church; which b...

Poole: Psalms 96 (Chapter Introduction) THE ARGUMENT This Psalm was composed by David upon occasion, or at the time, of the bringing of the ark of God into the tabernacle which David had ...

MHCC: Psalms (Book Introduction) David was the penman of most of the psalms, but some evidently were composed by other writers, and the writers of some are doubtful. But all were writ...

MHCC: Psalms 96 (Chapter Introduction) (Psa 96:1-9) A call to all people to praise God. (Psa 96:10-13) God's government and judgment.

Matthew Henry: Psalms (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of Psalms We have now before us one of the choicest and most excellent parts of all the Old Te...

Matthew Henry: Psalms 96 (Chapter Introduction) This psalm is part of that which was delivered into the hand of Asaph and his brethren (1Ch 16:7), by which it appears both that David was the penm...

Constable: Psalms (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book in the Hebrew Bible is Tehillim, which means...

Constable: Psalms (Outline) Outline I. Book 1: chs. 1-41 II. Book 2: chs. 42-72 III. Book 3: chs. 73...

Constable: Psalms Psalms Bibliography Allen, Ronald B. "Evidence from Psalm 89." In A Case for Premillennialism: A New Consensus,...

Haydock: Psalms (Book Introduction) THE BOOK OF PSALMS. INTRODUCTION. The Psalms are called by the Hebrew, Tehillim; that is, hymns of praise. The author, of a great part of ...

Gill: Psalms (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALMS The title of this book may be rendered "the Book of Praises", or "Hymns"; the psalm which our Lord sung at the passover is c...

Gill: Psalms 96 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 96 This psalm was written by David, as appears from 1Ch 16:7 to whom it is ascribed by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and all...

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