The author of the Epistle to the Hebrews is laying hold of the very kernel of the psalm, when he adduces the fact that, so many centuries after Moses, the warning was still addressed to Israel, and the possibility of entering the Rest of God, and the danger of missing it, still urged, as showing that the Rest of God remained to be won by later generations, and proclaiming the eternal truth that "we which have believed do enter into rest." PSALM XCVI. 1 Sing to Jehovah a new song, Sing to Jehovah, all the earth. 2 Sing to Jehovah, bless His name, Publish the glad tidings of His salvation from day to day. 3 Recount among the nations His glory, Among all peoples His wonders. 4 For great is Jehovah, and to be praised exceedingly, Dread is He above all gods. 5 For all the gods of the people are Nothings, And Jehovah made the heavens. 6 Honour and majesty are before Him, Strength and beauty are in His sanctuary. 7 Give to Jehovah, ye families of the peoples, Give to Jehovah glory and strength. 8 Give to Jehovah the glory of His name, Take an offering and come into His courts. 9 Worship Jehovah in holy attire, Tremble before Him, all the earth. 10 Say among the nations, "Jehovah is King," Yea, the world is set fast [that] it cannot be moved, He shall deal judgment to the peoples in equity. 11 Let the heavens rejoice and let the earth exult, Let the sea thunder and its fulness, 12 Let the plain rejoice and all that is in it, Then shall all the trees of the forest ring out joyful cries, 13 Before Jehovah, for He comes, He comes to judge the earth, He will judge the world in righteousness, And peoples in His faithfulness. The praise of Jehovah as King has, in the preceding psalms, chiefly celebrated His reign over Israel. But this grand coronation anthem takes a wider sweep, and hymns that kingdom as extending to all nations, and as reaching beyond men, for the joy and blessing of a renovated earth. It falls into four strophes, of which the first three contain three verses each, while the last extends to four. These strophes are like concentric circles, drawn round that eternal throne. The first summons Israel to its high vocation of Jehovah's evangelist, the herald who proclaims the enthronement of the King. The second sets Him above all the "Nothings" which usurp the name of gods, and thus prepares the way for His sole monarchy. The third summons outlying nations to bring their homage, and flings open the Temple gates to all men, inviting them to put on priestly robes, and do priestly acts there. The fourth calls on Nature in its heights and depths, heaven and earth, sea, plain and forest, to add their acclaim to the shouts which hail the establishment of Jehovah's visible dominion.