Psalm 98 - A New Song for God's Salvation

Harps, trumpets, and roaring seas join this celebration of God's victory.

Psalms 98: Sing a New Song of Victory

Psalm 98 opens with a victory shout, 'his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory,' extending the kingship theme of Psalms 97 into full celebration with harps and trumpets.


A Psalm. Sing ye to Jehovah a new song, For wonders He hath done, Given salvation to Him hath His right hand and His holy arm.

Jehovah hath made known His salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, He hath revealed His righteousness,

He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God.

Shout to Jehovah, all the earth, Break forth, and cry aloud, and sing.

Sing to Jehovah with harp, With harp, and voice of praise,

With trumpets, and voice of a cornet, Shout ye before the king Jehovah.

Roar doth the sea and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud,

Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

That image of God's mighty right hand recalls the song of triumph in <a href="/bible/ylt/exodus/chapter-15/6">Exodus 15:6</a> after the crossing of the sea. The chapter's call for floods to 'clap their hands' carries the celebration forward into <a href="/bible/ylt/psalms/chapter-99">Psalms 99</a>.