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Psalm 96:11
Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
9Worship the LORD in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.
10Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.” The world is also established. It can’t be moved. He will judge the peoples with equity.
11Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice. Let the sea roar, and its fullness!
12Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy
13before the LORD; for he comes, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, the peoples with his truth.
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The sea’s roar becomes part of creation’s rejoicing, stretching your sense of worship beyond human voices to the heavens and the whole earth.
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Luke 19:40He answered them, “I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.”Both passages picture creation sounding out: the sea roars in the psalm, and Jesus says stones would cry out if people fell silent.
Psalm 69:34Let heaven and earth praise him; the seas, and everything that moves therein!Both summon heaven, earth, and the seas with all their creatures to join in praise.
Psalm 93:3The floods have lifted up, LORD, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.Both portray water as having a voice, through the sea’s roar and the floods lifting their voice before the LORD.
Isaiah 49:13Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth! Break out into singing, mountains! For the LORD has comforted his people, and will have compassion on his afflicted.Both summon the heavens and earth to joy; Isaiah connects that joy with the LORD’s comfort and compassion.
Psalm 97:1The LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!Both summon the earth to rejoice, with the LORD’s reign declared in Psalm 97 and in Psalm 96’s surrounding lines.
Psalm 98:7–9Let the sea roar with its fullness; the world, and those who dwell therein.Both summon the sea to roar with its fullness, extending the celebration across the earth.
Isaiah 44:23Sing, you heavens, for the LORD has done it! Shout, you lower parts of the earth! Break out into singing, you mountains, O forest, all of your trees, for the …Both address the heavens and earth as participants in praise; Isaiah names the LORD’s redemption of Jacob as the reason.
Revelation 12:12Therefore rejoice, heavens, and you who dwell in them. Woe to the earth and to the sea, because the devil has gone down to you, having great wrath, knowing …Both summon the heavens to rejoice, though Revelation announces woe for the earth and sea where the psalm summons joy.
Luke 15:10Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting.”Both speak of joy beyond the human sphere; Luke names joy among God’s angels over a sinner’s repentance.
Revelation 19:1–7After these things I heard something like a loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, saying, “Hallelujah! Salvation, power, and glory belong to our God;Both portray celebration reaching heaven, with Revelation describing a great multitude praising God in a loud voice.
Luke 2:13–14Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly army praising God and saying,Both connect heaven with praise: the psalm summons the heavens to gladness, while Luke describes the heavenly army praising God.
Luke 2:10The angel said to them, “Don’t be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.Joy with wide reach is their shared thread: creation rejoices in the psalm, and Luke announces joy for all the people.
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Your voice joins a song whose scope reaches beyond anything you can see. In this psalm, creation rejoices before YHWH, who reigns and comes to judge with righteousness.
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