Psalms 98:8

Let the rivers clap their hands, 1 and let the mountains shout for joy. 1

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Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together

In Context

7Let the sea shout and everything in it, 1 the world and those who live in it! 1

9Yahweh is coming to judge the earth; 1 he will judge the world with righteousness 1 and the nations with fairness.

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Cross References

Psalms 47:1Clap your hands, all you peoples; 1 shout to God with the sound of triumph. 1

Psalms 65:13The pastures are clothed with flocks; 1 the valleys also are covered over with grain; 1 they shout for joy, and they sing.

Psalms 89:13You have a mighty arm 1 and a strong hand, and your right hand is high. 1

Isaiah 55:12For you will go out in joy and be led along peacefully; 1 the mountains and the hills will break out in joyful shouts before you, and all the trees of the fields will clap their hands. 1

Matthew Henry on Psalms 98:5-9

An Invitation to Praise. 4 Make a joyful noise unto the Lord , all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. 5 Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm. 6 With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord , the King. 7 Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein. 8 Let the floods clap their hands: let the hills be joyful together 9 Before the Lord ; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall… Read the whole commentary →

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