Click here to read PSALM 98 in poetic form.
Background
Psalm 98 is the ninth in the Numbers Book of the Psalms, which goes to Psalm 106. God’s rest is a major theme of these 17 Psalms, and in this specific Psalm, God’s people are called to sing a new song. That new song is found in the next Psalm (99).
Structure
(Verses 1-3) Sing to the Lord for He has shown His salvation to all the earth
(Verses 4-9) Sing to the Lord for He has shown His righteous judgment to the world
Key Scriptures
Verse 9— “for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.” This will be true of Jesus Christ “coming” to judge in the future. Acts 17:31: “Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man [Jesus Christ] whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.” God has committed future judgment to His Son, Jesus Christ. Acts 10:42: “And he commanded us to preach unto the people, and to testify that it is he [Jesus Christ] which was ordained of God to be the Judge of quick [living] and dead.” John 5:27: “And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man.”
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