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Psalm 98 · Book Four

A Psalm.

The Hebrew title · Berean Standard Bible

About this psalm

O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things. It calls for the harp, the trumpets and the cornet, then for the sea and the floods and the hills to join in. Isaac Watts paraphrased this psalm into the carol the world now sings at Christmas. It is a psalm about the LORD coming to judge the earth, and glad about it.

Read it in December, and notice what the carol is actually made of.

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¹O sing unto the LORD a new song;for he hath done marvellous things:his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.²The LORD hath made known his salvation:his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.³He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel:all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.⁴Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth:make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.⁵Sing unto the LORD with the harp;with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.⁶With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.⁷Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;the world, and they that dwell therein.⁸Let the floods clap their hands:let the hills be joyful together⁹Before the LORD;for he cometh to judge the earth:with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

A hymn built on this psalm

Joy to the World Isaac Watts, 1719. Words, chords in any key, and the story. Free to sing.

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