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Psalms 98
Psalm 98 calls all creation to sing a new song to Jehovah, whose right hand and holy arm have won the victory — salvation made visible not only to Israel but to all nations. The remembrance of covenant mercy toward the house of Israel is itself the public display of His righteousness. Instruments, voices, sea, floods, and hills are summoned in layered unison, for the ground of the celebration is not past sentiment but coming judgment: Jehovah comes to judge the earth with righteousness and equity, the coronation completing what the covenant declared.
1
O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
2
The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.
3
He hath 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 noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.
5
Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
6
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
7
Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.
8
Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together
9
Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.
