Psalms 98:8

8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains be joyful together

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 shofar make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

7 Let the sea roar and the fullness thereof, the world and those that dwell therein.

8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains be joyful together

9 before the LORD; for he has come to judge the earth; with righteousness he shall judge the world and the peoples with equity.