Psalms 96:13

Verse

before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

American Standard Version (1901)

Before Jehovah; for he cometh, For he cometh to judge the earth: He will judge the world with righteousness, And the peoples with his truth.

Bible in Basic English

Before the Lord, for he is come; he is come to be the judge of the earth; the earth will be judged in righteousness, and the peoples with unchanging faith.

Free Bible Version

In fact, let everything that stands before the Lord sing praises, for he is coming, coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with fairness, and the nations with his truth.

Geneva Bible 1599

Before the Lord: for he commeth, for he cometh to iudge the earth: he wil iudge the world with righteousnes, and the people in his trueth.

King James (Authorized) Version

Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

One Unity Resource Bible

before Adonai ; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

Translation for Translators

in front of Yahweh. That will happen when he comes to judge everyone on [MTY] the earth. He will judge all the people fairly/justly, according to what he knows is true.

Unlocked Literal Bible

before Yahweh, for he is coming. He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with his faithfulness.

Noah Webster Bible

For he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.

World English Bible

before Yahweh; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.

Young's Literal Translation

Before Jehovah, for He hath come, For He hath come to judge the earth. He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the peoples in His faithfulness!

Context

Sing to the LORD, All the Earth

¹²Let the fields exult, and all that is in them. Then all the trees of the forest will sing for joy ¹³before the LORD, for He is coming— He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.

Sermons

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John Gill

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Summary

This verse concludes Psalm 96 with a powerful declaration calling all of creation to rejoice before the Lord. It emphasizes the imminent return of the Lord to judge the earth with righteousness and the peoples with His truth. The verse serves as a reminder of God's sovereignty and the ultimate victory of His justice over all evil. It encourages believers to eagerly anticipate the day when God will establish His perfect kingdom, bringing an end to all suffering and injustice.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

Before the Lord,.... At the face of him, in his presence; meeting him as he comes, and rejoicing at his coming: this clause is to be joined to everyone in the two preceding verses: for he cometh, for he cometh; which is repeated to show the certainty of Christ's coming, and the importance of it, and the just reason there was for the above joy and gladness on account of it; and it may be also, as Jerom and others have observed, to point out both the first and second coming of Christ, which are both matter of joy to the saints: his first coming, which was from heaven into this world, in a very mean and abject manner, to save the chief of sinners, to procure peace, pardon, righteousness, and eternal life for them, and therefore must be matter of joy: his second coming, which will be also from heaven, but in an extremely glorious manner, without sin, or the likeness of it, unto the salvation of is people: it will be as follows, to judge the earth; the inhabitants of it, small and great, high and low, rich and poor, bond and free, quick and dead, righteous and wicked; when all works, words, and thoughts, good and bad, will be brought to account; and every man will be judged, as those shall be, with or without the grace of God: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth; according to the rules of justice and equity; he will truly discern and rightly judge; his judgment will be according to his truth; he will approve himself to be the righteous Judge, and his judgment will appear to be a righteous judgment; for which he is abundantly qualified, as being the Lord God omniscient and omnipotent, holy, just, and true; see Act 17:31. Next: Psalms Chapter 97