Psalms 98 (LSB)

Chapter Text

98:1 A Psalm. Sing to Yahweh a new song, For He has done wondrous deeds, His right hand and His holy arm have worked out His salvation.

98:2 Yahweh has made known His salvation; He has revealed His righteousness in the eyes of the nations.

98:3 He has remembered His lovingkindness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

98:4 Make a loud shout to Yahweh, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.

98:5 Sing praises to Yahweh with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of singing.

98:6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn Make a loud shout before King Yahweh.

98:7 Let the sea roar, as well as its fullness, The world and those who dwell in it.

98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands, Let the mountains sing together for joy

98:9 Before Yahweh, for He is coming 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", "yahweh", "song", "done", and "wondrous". 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 LSB 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.