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Psalm 96:12

Let the field and all that is in it exult! Then all the trees of the woods shall sing for joy

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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Fields and singing trees widen the scale of praise, drawing attention beyond human voices to a whole landscape rejoicing before YHWH.

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Where else Scripture says this

5 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Isaiah 55:12–13For you shall go out with joy, and be led out with peace. The mountains and the hills will break out before you into singing; and all the trees of the fields …Both passages picture trees expressing joy, singing in the psalm and clapping their hands in Isaiah.
Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the dry land will be glad. The desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose.The field’s exultation and the desert’s rejoicing both portray the land itself sharing in gladness.
Isaiah 42:10–11Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise from the end of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the islands and their inhabitants.Both passages extend praise across the earth, naming fields and woods here, sea travelers and island inhabitants in Isaiah.
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 passages portray trees singing before the LORD, with Isaiah naming his redemption of Jacob as the reason.
Psalm 65:12–13The wilderness grasslands overflow. The hills are clothed with gladness.Both passages describe the landscape with the language of joy: fields exult, and hills wear gladness.
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Encouragement

The woods sing because YHWH comes to judge the earth. Their joy has a firm ground: his judgment is righteous, and he judges the peoples with his truth.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).