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Psalm 96:6
Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
4For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised! He is to be feared above all gods.
5For all the gods of the peoples are idols, but the LORD made the heavens.
6Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
7Ascribe to the LORD, you families of nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
8Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come into his courts.
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Strength and beauty share a sanctuary here, drawing attention to YHWH’s presence as a place of both power and splendor.
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Psalm 63:2–3So I have seen you in the sanctuary, watching your power and your glory.Both passages locate the sight of God’s greatness in the sanctuary, naming power and glory or strength and beauty.
Psalm 104:1Bless the LORD, my soul. The LORD, my God, you are very great. You are clothed with honor and majesty.Both passages name honor and majesty, describing them as before the LORD or as clothing that displays his greatness.
Jeremiah 17:12A glorious throne, set on high from the beginning, is the place of our sanctuary.Both passages describe the sanctuary in terms of divine splendor, with Jeremiah naming a glorious throne set on high.
1 Chronicles 16:27Honor and majesty are before him. Strength and gladness are in his place.Both passages use the same opening sentence about honor and majesty, then name strength with either beauty or gladness in God’s place.
1 Chronicles 16:29Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Bring an offering, and come before him. Worship the LORD in holy array.Both passages concern being before the LORD, with the psalm describing his splendor and Chronicles directing worshipers to give him glory.
Psalm 29:2Ascribe to the LORD the glory due to his name. Worship the LORD in holy array.Both passages concern the LORD’s splendor, expressed through honor and majesty in Psalm 96 and the glory due his name in Psalm 29.
Hebrews 1:3His Son is the radiance of his glory, the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, who, when he had by himself purified …Both passages speak of divine majesty and power; Hebrews names the Son as the radiance of God’s glory.
Psalm 93:1The LORD reigns! He is clothed with majesty! The LORD is armed with strength. The world also is established. It can’t be moved.Both passages name majesty and strength as belonging to the LORD, using sanctuary language in one and royal clothing in the other.
2 Peter 1:16–17For we didn’t follow cunningly devised fables when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.Both passages speak of majesty and power, with Peter describing eyewitness testimony to the majesty of Jesus Christ.
Isaiah 60:13“The glory of Lebanon shall come to you, the cypress tree, the pine, and the box tree together, to beautify the place of my sanctuary; and I will make the …Both passages connect beauty with God’s sanctuary, while Isaiah names trees that will beautify that place.
Isaiah 40:5The LORD’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.”Both passages concern the LORD’s splendor, though Isaiah speaks of its future revelation to all flesh rather than its presence in the sanctuary.
Ezekiel 24:21‘Speak to the house of Israel, “The Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the pride of your power, the desire of your eyes, and that which your …Both name God’s sanctuary; Psalm 96 celebrates its strength and beauty, while Ezekiel announces its profaning and the violent deaths of Israel’s children.
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Your praise does not have to create the splendor it names. Honor and majesty are before YHWH; strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.
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