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11 Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be happy!
    Let the sea and everything in it shout for joy!
12 Let the fields and everything in them be happy!
    Let the trees in the forest sing for joy
13 when they see the Lord coming!
    He is coming to rule[a] the world.
He will rule all the nations of the world
    with justice and fairness.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 96:13 rule Or “judge.” Also in 98:9.

11 Let the heavens rejoice,(A) let the earth be glad;(B)
    let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
12 Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
    let all the trees of the forest(C) sing for joy.(D)
13 Let all creation rejoice before the Lord, for he comes,
    he comes to judge(E) the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness(F)
    and the peoples in his faithfulness.(G)

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