Psalms 98 (DBY)

Chapter Text

98:1 {A Psalm.} Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: for he hath done wondrous things; his right hand and his holy arm hath wrought salvation for him.

98:2 Jehovah hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the nations.

98:3 He hath remembered his loving-kindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

98:4 Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth; break forth and shout for joy, and sing psalms.

98:5 Sing psalms unto Jehovah with the harp: with the harp, and the voice of a song;

98:6 With trumpets and sound of cornet, make a joyful noise before the King, Jehovah.

98:7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein;

98:8 Let the floods clap [their] hands; let the mountains sing for joy together,

98:9 Before Jehovah, for he cometh to judge the earth: he will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "faith", "psalm", "sing", "jehovah", "song", "hath", and "done". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "faith", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DBY text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "world" and "faith" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "faith" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.