“O sing unto the Lord a new song: sing unto the Lord, all the earth.”
Psalm 96 opens with a call to worship: "O sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth." The call for a new song emphasizes fresh response to God. The universality (all the earth) suggests cosmic worship.
Church Fathers on Psalms 96:1
1. My lord and brother Severus still defers the pleasure we shall feel in his discourse, which he owes us; for he acknowledges, that he is held a debtor. For all the Churches through which he has passed, by his tongue the lord has gladdened: much more therefore ought that Church to be rejoiced, out of which the Lord has propagated his preaching among the rest. But what shall we do, but obey his will? I said, however, brethren, that he deferred, not that he defrauded us.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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