XCVIII. This psalm plainly belongs to that cycle of literature produced by the joy of the Restoration, and is in fact little more than a compilation from Isaiah 40:26, and from other psalms, especially Psalms 96. The psalm is irregular in form. _Title._ — This is the only hymn of the whole collect... [ Continue Reading ]
VICTORY. — The word more commonly rendered “salvation,” as, indeed, in next verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE. — Better, _Break out into songs and music. _... [ Continue Reading ]
SING... — Rather, _Play to Jehovah on a harp. on a harp, and with melodious sound of music. _... [ Continue Reading ]
TRUMPETS... CORNET. — (See Numbers 10:2; Exodus 19:16; and _Bible Educator,_ ii. 231, 232.) This is the only place in the psalm where the _chatsotsereh,_ or “straight trumpet” is mentioned.... [ Continue Reading ]
See Psalms 96:11. “Listen! the mighty Being is awake And doth with His eternal motion make A sound like thunder everlastingly.” WORDSWORTH.... [ Continue Reading ]
CLAP THEIR HANDS. — This expression, descriptive of the lapping sound of waves, occurs also in Isaiah 55:12. LET THE HILLS BE JOYFUL TOGETHER. — “Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among, Leaps the live thunder! Not from one long cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And... [ Continue Reading ]
See Psalms 96:13.... [ Continue Reading ]