E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Psalms 98:7
The world: i.e. as inhabited. Hebrew. tebel, read more
Psalm 98:7-99:9 Nasb
E.W. Bullinger
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Psalms 98:7
"Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof;The world, and they that dwell therein."The second clause here is parallel with the first, indicating that the roaring sea is a metaphor of the restless, rebellious, and sinful populations of the earth. The message is: "Let them foam out their fury with all the vehemence they can muster, God is going to do something supremely GREAT; and there's not a thing that the opposing, antagonistic populations of mankind will be able to do about it." That Great... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Psalms 98:7-9
Psalms 98:7-9. Let the sea roar, &c.— The whole heathen world are here expressed by the several parts of this visible globe; sea and world, and floods and hills; as before they were by earth and sea, &c. in Psalms 96:0. These are here poetically represented as expressing their joy, after the manner of men: the sea roaring, as men in triumph make a loud and vehement noise; the floods clapping their hands, as men do in token of delight and approbation; and the hills, in like manner,... read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 98:1-9
Psalms 98This is another psalm that calls the earth to praise God in view of His coming reign. This psalm inspired Isaac Watts to write the hymn, "Joy to the World!" [Note: Wiersbe, The . . . Wisdom . . ., p. 268.] "It is a close companion to Psalms 96, but is wholly given up to praise. Here there are no comparisons with the heathen, no instructions in right worship: all is joy and exhilaration." [Note: Kidner, Psalms 73-150, p. 352.] read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 98:4-8
In view of the Lord’s coming to judge the earth (Psalms 98:9), everyone and everything should praise Him enthusiastically. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 98:4-9
2. God’s future judgment of the world 98:4-9 read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 98:1-9
This Ps. closely resembles Psalms 96, especially in its beginning and ending, and is to be referred to the same occasion. It celebrates a deliverance which God has wrought for Israel in the sight of all the earth (Psalms 98:1-3), ’summons all men (Psalms 98:4-6), and all nature (Psalms 98:7-9) to praise Him. Psalms 98:6 proclaims Him as King, and Psalms 98:9 anticipates with gladness His coming to judge the world.2. Heathen] RV ’nations.’5. A Psalm] RV ’melody’: see Isaiah 51:3. 9. People] RV... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 98:7
(7) See Psalms 96:11.“Listen! the mighty Being is awakeAnd doth with His eternal motion makeA sound like thunder everlastingly.”WORDSWORTH. read more
William Nicoll
Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 98:1-9
A New Song Psalms 98:1 In some half-dozen of the Psalms, in Isaiah, and in the Apocalypse there is mention of a New Song, and in this weary world, where many are feeling very old, and in an age that is straining after novelty, it may be helpful to meditate awhile upon Jehovah's New Song. I. A New Heart Sings a New Song. First, then, it may be a new song, not because the words are new, for they may be the most familiar words to us, nor because of the originality of the sentiment, but because... read more
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Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Psalms 98:1-9
Psalms 97-100 God the universal kingPsalms 97:0 follows on from the thought on which the previous psalm closed (namely, that God is king over the earth). It shows that holiness, righteousness and justice are the basis of God’s kingdom. His judgment will be as universal as a flash of lightning and as powerful as an all-consuming fire (97:1-5). Every thing will bow before his rule (6-7). His own people already recognize him as Lord and bring him fitting worship (8-9). They can experience the... read more