Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible
Psalms 98:5
Sing... — Rather, Play to Jehovah on a harp. on a harp, and with melodious sound of music.
Sing... — Rather, Play to Jehovah on a harp. on a harp, and with melodious sound of music.
Verse Psalms 98:5. _WITH - THE VOICE OF A PSALM._] I think זמרה _zimrah_, which we translate _Psalm_, means either a _musical instrument_, or a _species of ode_ modulated by different voices....
SING UNTO THE LORD WITH THE HARP - A song or psalm accompanied by the harp. On the harp. See the notes at Isaiah 5:12. AND THE VOICE OF A PSALM - The voice in singing; a musical voice. Let it not be m...
Psalms 98 The New Song __ 1. The call to sing (Psalms 98:1) 2. The response (Psalms 98:4) 3. The praise of all (Psalms 98:7
XCVIII. A PSALM OF GRATEFUL JOY. The poet calls all nations and all mankind to rejoice, because Yahweh has manifested His righteousness. Here, as in Psalms 98:2 Is., righteousness means Yahweh's vindi...
A PSALM. sing praise (Hebrew. _zimrah)_, at end of Psalms 98:4 and Psalms 98:5, by Figure of speech _Anadiplosis._ App-6....
DISCOURSE: 665 CHRIST’S ADVENT A GROUND OF JOY Psalms 98:1. 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. The Lord h...
Psalms 98, 99 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Shorter Service of Song (for a Sabbath Day). ANALYSIS Psalms 98: An Invitation to Sing the New Song of Jehovah's Victory in behalf of the House of Israel. Psalms...
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. -How Yahweh is to be praised by all the earth-namely, with all means in men's power-vocal and inst...
This Ps. closely resembles Psalms 96, especially in its beginning and ending, and is to be referred to the same occasion. It celebrates a deliverance which God has wrought for Israel in the sight of a...
A PSALM] RV 'melody': see Isaiah 51:3. HIS FOOTSTOOL] The ark is so called in 1 Chronicles 28:2, but if this Ps. was written after the exile the ark cannot be directly referred to here. The language...
Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD RULES THE WORLD! PSALMS 98 (THE FIFTH *ROYAL PSALM) Jesus said, "You will see the Son of man sitting by the right hand of the Powerful One. He will come in...
זַמְּר֣וּ לַ יהוָ֣ה בְּ כִנֹּ֑ור בְּ֝ כִנֹּ֗ו
Psalms 98:1 THE two preceding psalms correspond in number and division of verses. The first begins with a summons to sing to Jehovah; the second, with a proclamation that He is King. A precisely simil...
WORTHY OF PRAISE FROM ALL THE EARTH Psalms 98:1 This psalm is parallel to Psalms 96:1. That dealt with the reign of God; this deals with the victory on which that reign is based, Psalms 98:1. God cou...
Another song of worship on the pattern of Psalms 96:1. It opens and closes in the same way. A new song and its ultimate reason, the judging of the earth by Jehovah with righteousness and with truth. H...
Adore his foot-stool. The ark of the covenant was called, in the Old Testament, God's foot-stool: over which he was understood to sit, on his propitiatory, or mercy-seat, as on a throne, between the w...
There can he no doubt but that when musical instruments are spoken of in the word of God, and in the Psalms more particularly, as we find them there more frequently mentioned, somewhat more is intende...
Psalms 98 is the result celebrated by Israel on earth. Jehovah has made known His salvation, and remembered His mercy and truth towards Israel. All the land (or earth) is summoned to celebrate Jehovah...
SING UNTO THE LORD WITH THE HARP,.... Playing upon that at the same time: here and in the following verse is an allusion to Old Testament worship, and the manner of performing that; not that this shou...
Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. Ver. 5. _Sing unto the Lord with the harp_] _Tum cithararum tum vocum mutuis vicibus; _ do your utmost in the most superlati...
_Make a joyful noise_, &c. Because you all now partake of the same privileges with the Jews, join with them in worshipping and praising God. _Sing unto the Lord with a harp_ Here again, as in Psalms 9...
Sing unto the Lord with the harp, with the accompaniment of the zither, WITH THE HARP AND THE VOICE OF A PSALM, both vocal and instrumental music being placed in the service of Jehovah's praise....
ADMONITION TO PRAISE THE MESSIAH. This is the only hymn in the Psalter which simply bears the superscription, A psalm. In view of the wonders of God's grace and righteousness, as revealed in the comi...
4-9 Let all the children of men rejoice in the setting up the kingdom of Christ, for all may benefit by it. The different orders of rational creatures in the universe, seem to be described in figurat...
The worship of the New Testament is here described in phrases taken from the rites of the old, as PSALMS 92:3, and oft elsewhere....
Psalms 98:5 Sing H2167 (H8761) LORD H3068 harp H3658 harp H3658 sound H6963 psalm H2172...
CONTENTS: Exhortation to praise. The joy of the redeemed because of the setting up of God's Kingdom. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The setting up of Christ's Kingdom is a matter of joy and...
The Chaldee entitles it, _a prophetic psalm._ The LXX and the Vulgate, _a psalm of David._ The occasion on which it was composed is not known; but it is universally admitted to be prophetic of Christ...
_O sing unto the Lord a new song._ GENUINE PRAISE I. Genuine praise is founded on the strongest reason (Psalms 98:1). Why should man be so urgently called on to praise God? 1. Because of the extraor...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 98:1. This hymn celebrates God’s universal kingship (v. Psalms 98:6) by referring to the “marvelous things” and “salvation” that the Gentiles
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 98:4 These verses address ALL THE EARTH, that is, all people, wherever they live. What God has done for Israel (vv. Psalms 98:1) is for the sake of
INTRODUCTION “This Psalm is little more than an echo of Psalms 96. Its subject is the last great revelation, the final victory of God, when His salvation and His righteousness, the revelation of which...
EXPOSITION ANOTHER psalm of joy on the coming of God to judge the earth (Psalms 98:9). It is entitled simply "a psalm," and has no very peculiar features. Metrically, it is best viewed as composed of...
Now Psalms 98:1-9, as I said, parallels Psalms 96:1-13 in many things. Notice Psalms 96:1-13, "O sing unto the Lord a new song." Psalms 98:
1 Chronicles 15:16; 1 Chronicles 25:1; 2 Chronicles 29:25; Psalms 33:2;...