Psalms 98:8

8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains 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 Blow the trumpets and the sheep's horns; shout for joy to the Lord the King.

7 Let the sea and everything in it shout; let the world and everyone in it sing.

8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the mountains sing together for joy.

9 Let them sing before the Lord, because he is coming to judge the world. He will judge the world fairly; he will judge the peoples with fairness. The Lord, the Fair and Holy King