Psalms 98:8

8 Let the ¹rivers clap their hands, Let the ²mountains sing together for joy

Psalms 98:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 98:8

Let the floods clap their hands
Or "rivers" ^F5, dashing against their banks, as they pass along; a prosopopoeia, as the preceding and following, expressing great joy on account of the Messiah, the reigning King. Aben Ezra interprets this of men that are in rivers, as the sea; in the preceding verse of such that are in ships at sea; and the hills in the next clause of such that dwell on them;

let the hills be joyful together;
see ( Isaiah 55:12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (twrhn) "fluvii", Cocceius, Gejerus, so Ainsworth.

Psalms 98:8 In-Context

6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn Shout joyfully before the King, the LORD .

7 Let the sea roar and all it contains, The world and those who dwell in it.

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

9 Before the LORD , for He is coming to judge the earth; He will judge the world with righteousness And the peoples with equity.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 93:3; Isaiah 55:12
• 2. Psalms 65:12; Psalms 89:12