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Psalm 96

1 Sing to the Lord a new song. Sing to the Lord, all the earth.⁠ 2 Sing to the Lord. Praise his name. Announce every day how he delivers. 3 Tell the nations about his splendor. Tell all the nations about his amazing deeds. 4 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky. 6 Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful.⁠ 7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength.⁠ 8 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves. Bring an offering and enter his courts. 9 Worship the Lord in holy attire. Tremble before him, all the earth. 10 Say among the nations, “The Lord reigns! The world is established; it cannot be moved. He judges the nations fairly.” 11 Let the sky rejoice, and the earth be happy. Let the sea and everything in it shout. 12 Let the fields and everything in them celebrate. Then let the trees of the forest shout with joy 13 before the Lord, for he comes. For he comes to judge the earth. He judges the world fairly and the nations in accordance with his justice.

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Compare Psalm 96:6 and 1 Chronicles 16:27

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Summary

1 Chronicles 16 quotes Psalm 96 but changes the phrase “his sanctuary and glory” to “his place and joy,” possibly to generalize the concept of sacred space or due to confusion between similar Hebrew words.

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Psalm 96:6

Hebrew Bible
4 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise; he is more awesome than all gods. 5 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the sky. 6 Majestic splendor emanates from him; his sanctuary is firmly established and beautiful. 7 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength. 8 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves. Bring an offering and enter his courts.
600–201 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in Psalms

1 Chronicles 16:27

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25 For the Lord is great and certainly worthy of praise, he is more awesome than all gods. 26 For all the gods of the nations are worthless, but the Lord made the heavens. 27 Majestic splendor emanates from him, he is the source of strength and joy. 28 Ascribe to the Lord, O families of the nations, ascribe to the Lord splendor and strength! 29 Ascribe to the Lord the splendor he deserves! Bring an offering and enter his presence! Worship the Lord in holy attire!
400–301 BCE (scholarly estimate) Read in 1 Chronicles

References

"... In place of the Masoretic Text's וְ֝תִפְאֶ֗רֶת בְּמִקְדָּשֽׁוֹ׃ ('in His sanctuary and glory'), a few manuscripts and 1 Chronicles 16:27 have וְחֶדְוָ֖ה בִּמְקֹמֽוֹ׃ ('in His place and joy'); unless this was simply a confusion of words, it may have been a way of generalizing the word in a psalm attributed to David ..."
Allen P. Ross, “A Commentary on the Psalms, Volume 3: 90-150,” Toronto Journal of Theology (2016): 130.

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