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Psalms 98:6
6Make a happy sound with trumpets and horns! Shout aloud to praise the Lord, your king!
Psalms 98:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
- New International Version (NIV)with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn— shout for joy before the Lord, the King.
- English Standard Version (ESV)With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the Lord!
- New King James Version (NKJV)With trumpets and the sound of a horn; Shout joyfully before the Lord, the King.
Context of Psalms 98:6
4All people on the earth should shout aloud to praise the Lord! Sing happy songs to praise him! 5Make music on your harps to praise him! Make beautiful music! Make a happy sound with trumpets and horns! Shout aloud to praise the Lord, your king! 7The sea and everything that is in it should shout to praise the Lord! The earth and all those who live in it should shout as well! 8The rivers should clap their hands, and the mountains should all sing together,
Read all of Psalms 98Psalms 98:6 word by word
בַּ֭חֲצֹ֣צְרוֹת וְק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָ֑ר הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ לִפְנֵ֤י׀ הַמֶּ֬לֶךְ יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 98:6
- Psalms 47:5God has gone up to sit on his throne, while the people shout aloud. The Lord has gone up there, while the trumpets make a loud noise.
- Psalms 81:2Start the music! Beat your tambourines! Make beautiful music on your harps and lyres.
- Numbers 10:1The Lord said to Moses,
- 1 Chronicles 15:28In that way, all the Israelites brought the Lord's Covenant Box to Jerusalem. They were shouting. They were making loud music with trumpets, cymbals, lyres and harps.
- 2 Chronicles 5:12The Levites who were musicians stood on the east side of the altar. They were Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and their relatives. They wore clothes made of linen. They made music with cymbals, harps and lyres. There were also 120 priests who made music with trumpets.
- 2 Chronicles 29:27Then Hezekiah told the priests to offer the burnt offering on the altar. When they began to offer the sacrifice, the singers started to sing to praise the Lord. The trumpets and the musical instruments of King David of Israel also started to make music.
- Psalms 47:6Sing to praise God! Yes, sing! Sing to praise our king! Sing!
- Matthew 25:34The king will say to those people who are on his right side, “Come here. My Father has been good to you. He has prepared a place for you in his kingdom. That kingdom has been ready for you since the time that God made the world.
- Revelation 19:16The man who rides on the white horse has a name that is written on his shirt. It is also written high on his leg. His name is: ‘The King who rules over all other kings. The Lord who rules over all lords’.
Commentaries on Psalms 98:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6With trumpets - חצצרות chatsotseroth . Some kind of tubular instruments, of the form and management of which we know nothing. And sound of cornet - שופר shophar, the word commonly used for what we call trumpet.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6With trumpets - The word used here is uniformly rendered “trumpets” in the Scriptures. Numbers 10:2, Numbers 10:8-10; Numbers 31:6; et al. The trumpet was mainly employed for convening a public assembly for worship, or for assembling the hosts for battle. The original word - חצצרה chătsôtserâh - is supposed to have been designed to imitate “the broken pulse-like sound of the trumpet, like the Latin “taratantara.” So the German “trarara,” and the Arabic…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-9Verses 4-9 Let all the children of men rejoice in the setting up the kingdom of Christ, for all may benefit by it. The different orders of rational creatures in the universe, seem to be described in figurative language in the reign of the great Messiah. The kingdom of Christ will be a blessing to the whole creation. We expect his second coming to begin his glorious reign. Then shall heaven and earth rejoice, and the joy of the redeemed shall be full. But…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The temple musicians played trumpets to gather people for meetings (compare Psalm 81:3).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 4-64-6. make a loud noise--or, "burst forth" (Is 14:7; 44:23). before ... King--hail Him as your sovereign; and while, with every aid to demonstrate zeal and joy, intelligent creatures are invited to praise, as in Psa 96:11-13, inanimate nature is also summoned to honor Him who triumphs and rules in righteousness and equity.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 98
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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