Psalm 98 - New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)

Psalm 98[a]

The Coming of God

1 A psalm.

I

Sing a new song to the Lord,
for he has done marvelous deeds.(A)
His right hand and holy arm
have won the victory.[b](B)
2 The Lord has made his victory known;
has revealed his triumph in the sight of the nations,
3 He has remembered his mercy and faithfulness
toward the house of Israel.
All the ends of the earth have seen
the victory of our God.

II

4 Shout with joy to the Lord, all the earth;
break into song; sing praise.
5 Sing praise to the Lord with the lyre,
with the lyre and melodious song.
6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn
shout with joy to the King, the Lord.(C)

III

7 Let the sea and what fills it resound,(D)
the world and those who dwell there.
8 Let the rivers clap their hands,
the mountains shout with them for joy,(E)
9 (F)Before the Lord who comes,
who comes to govern the earth,(G)
To govern the world with justice
and the peoples with fairness.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 98 A hymn, similar to Ps 96, extolling God for Israel’s victory (Ps 98:1–3). All nations (Ps 98:4–6) and even inanimate nature (Ps 98:7–8) are summoned to welcome God’s coming to rule over the world (Ps 98:9).
  2. 98:1 Marvelous deeds…victory: the conquest of all threats to the peaceful existence of Israel, depicted in the Psalms variously as a cosmic force such as sea, or nations bent on Israel’s destruction, or evildoers seemingly triumphant. His right hand and holy arm: God is pictured as a powerful warrior.

Cross references

  1. 98:1 : Ps 96:1; Is 42:10.
  2. 98:1 : Is 59:16; 63:5.
  3. 98:6 : Ps 47:6–7.
  4. 98:7 : Ps 96:11.
  5. 98:8 : Is 44:23; 55:12.
  6. 98:9 : Ps 96:13.
  7. 98:9 : Ps 67:5.

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