A psalm
98
📚Oh, sing to the LORDa new song,
for he has done marvellous
things 📖.
His right hand 📖 and his holy arm
have gotten him the victory.
98:1 This psalm is very similar to Psalm 96. It begins with the same words as that and has the same theme. The first three verses speak of what God has done, the next three speak of what men should do because of what God has done, and the last three speak of the proper response of the world and mankind at the coming of the LORD (Jehovah).⚜
2 📚The LORD has made known
his salvation.
He has openly revealed
his righteousness in the sight
of the nations.
3 📚He has remembered 📖 his mercy
and his truth toward the house
of Israel.
All the ends of the earth 📖 have seen
the salvation of our God.
4 📚Make a joyful sound to the LORD,
all the earth.
Make a loud sound, and rejoice,
and sing praise.
5 📚Sing to the LORD with the harp,
with the harp and the sound of a psalm;
6 📚With trumpets and the sound
of a ram’s horn make a joyful noise
before the LORD, the King.
7 📚May the sea and its fulness roar;
the world, and those who live in it.
98:4-7 To God’s wonderful display of victory over evil, of righteous salvation, of grace and faithfulness, these verses give the proper response (Ps 66:1; 99:3; 100:1; Isa 44:23). The author exhorts all the earth to sing for joy, because all the earth will at last participate in God’s victory and salvation, and experience His righteous rule.⚜
8 📚May the floods clap
their hands,
may the hills be joyful together
9 📚Before the LORD;
for he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with
righteousness,
and the people with equity.