←Psalm 98→BSB

In This Chapter 3 people 35 terms

People

Israel 2 Jacob (Patriarch) Jeshurun (Israel)

Key Terms

Save (Help) 5 Salvation 4 Justice (Right) 2 Righteousness (Standard) 2 Kindness (Solidarity) 2 Steadiness (Quality) 2 Fairness (Integrity) 2 Salvation (State) Save (Restore) Salvation (Physical) Salvation (Deliverance) Salvation (Rescuer) Save (Rescue) Salvation (Means) Saving (Means) Be (Or Show Oneself) Just Acquit Righteousness (Act) Just Put Right With Make Righteous Deserved Justify (Vindicate) Justify Justly Justice Righteousness (Quality) Be Kind Kindness (Benevolence) Kindness (Graciousness) Kindness (Affection) Faithfulness (Truth) Faithful Faithfulness (Trust) Fairness (Justice)

Sing to the LORD a New Song

(Psalms 149:1–9; Isaiah 42:10–17)

A Psalm.

ⓘ This psalm celebrates the Lord’s kingship. The Lord...

This psalm celebrates the Lord’s kingship. The Lord is Israel’s true King, its champion and savior. His people sing a new song celebrating his victorious power and faithfulness to them. The Lord displays his righteous rule to all the nations throughout the earth, which will culminate in a worldwide kingdom of justice (98:2, 9). Consequently, all the earth must worship and rejoice together because the Lord is coming (98:4–6).
1Sing to the LORD a new song,for He has done wonders;His right hand and holy armhave gained Him the victory.
ⓘ The Lord makes known his righteousness and faithfulness...

The Lord makes known his righteousness and faithfulness (see also Isa 52:10).
2The LORD has proclaimed His salvationand revealed His righteousness to the nations.3He has remembered His love and faithfulnessto the house of Israel;all the ends of the earthhave seen the salvation of our God.
ⓘ The psalmist invites the whole earth to worship...

The psalmist invites the whole earth to worship the King (see 96:1).
4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth;break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!5Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,in melodious song with the harp.6With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s hornshout for joy before the LORD, the King.
ⓘ The created order is personified as rejoicing at...

The created order is personified as rejoicing at the coming of the righteous Judge (see 93:3–4; 96:11–13).
7Let the sea resound, and all that fills it,the world, and all who dwell in it.8Let the rivers clap their hands,let the mountains sing together for joy9before the LORD,for He comes to judge the earth.He will judge the world with righteousnessand the peoples with equity.