Psalms 98 (YLT)

Chapter Text

98:1 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.

98:2 Jehovah hath made known His salvation, Before the eyes of the nations, He hath revealed His righteousness,

98:3 He hath remembered His kindness, And His faithfulness to the house of Israel, All ends of earth have seen the salvation of our God.

98:4 Shout to Jehovah, all the earth, Break forth, and cry aloud, and sing.

98:5 Sing to Jehovah with harp, With harp, and voice of praise,

98:6 With trumpets, and voice of a cornet, Shout ye before the king Jehovah.

98:7 Roar doth the sea and its fulness, The world and the inhabitants in it.

98:8 Floods clap hand, together hills cry aloud,

98:9 Before Jehovah, For He hath come to judge the earth, He judgeth the world in righteousness, And the people in uprightness!

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "faith", "psalm", "sing", "jehovah", "song", "wonders", and "hath". 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 YLT 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.