Psalm 98:8

Verse 8 of 9. The 98th of 150 chapters in Psalms, in Poetry and Wisdom.

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 together

9Before the Lord; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

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Psalm 98:8 in the World English Bible

Let the rivers clap their hands. Let the mountains sing for joy together.
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Matthew Henry on Psalm 98:8

Let the inferior creatures rejoice in it, v. 7-9. This is to the same purport with what we had before (Ps. xcvi. 11-13): Let the sea roar, and let that be called, not as it used to be, a dreadful noise, but a joyful noise; for the coming of Christ, and the salvation wrought out by him, have quite altered the property of the troubles and terrors of this world, so that when the floods lift up their voice, lift…

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King James Version. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.