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Psalm 98

Psa. 98:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
.>> O sing
shiyr (Hebrew #7891)
a primitive root (identical with 7788 through the idea of strolling minstrelsy); to sing
KJV usage: behold (by mistake for 7789), sing(-er, -ing man, - ing woman).
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or (the original form) shuwr (1 Sam. 18:6) {shoor}
unto the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
a new
chadash (Hebrew #2319)
new
KJV usage: fresh, new thing.
Pronounce: khaw-dawsh'
Origin: from 2318
song
shiyr (Hebrew #7892)
from 7891; a song; abstractly, singing
KJV usage: musical(-ick), X sing(-er, -ing), song.
Pronounce: sheer
Origin: or feminine shiyrah {shee-raw'}
; for he hath done
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
marvellous things
pala' (Hebrew #6381)
properly, perhaps to separate, i.e. distinguish (literally or figuratively); by implication, to be (causatively, make) great, difficult, wonderful
KJV usage: accomplish, (arise...too, be too) hard, hidden, things too high, (be, do, do a, shew) marvelous(-ly, -els, things, work), miracles, perform, separate, make singular, (be, great, make) wonderful(-ers, -ly, things, works), wondrous (things, works, -ly).
Pronounce: paw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
: his rightv hand
yamiyn (Hebrew #3225)
the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
KJV usage: + left-handed, right (hand, side), south.
Pronounce: yaw-meen'
Origin: from 3231
, and his holy
qodesh (Hebrew #6944)
a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
KJV usage: consecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, (X most) holy (X day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.
Pronounce: ko'-desh
Origin: from 6942
arm
zrowa` (Hebrew #2220)
and (feminine) zrowpah {zer-o-aw'}; or zrowah {zer-o-aw'}; from 2232; the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
KJV usage: arm, + help, mighty, power, shoulder, strength.
Pronounce: zer-o'-ah
Origin: or (shortened) zroao {zer-o'-ah}
, hath gotten him the victory
yasha` (Hebrew #3467)
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
KJV usage: X at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory.
Pronounce: yaw-shah'
Origin: a primitive root
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1-3:  The psalmist exhorts the Jews,
4-6:  the Gentiles,
7-9:  and all the creatures, to praise God.
Sing.
for he.
Psa. 77:14• 14Thou art the *God that doest wonders; thou hast declared thy strength among the peoples. (Psa. 77:14)
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Psa. 86:10• 10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone. (Psa. 86:10)
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Psa. 105:5• 5Remember his wondrous works which he hath done, his miracles and the judgments of his mouth: (Psa. 105:5)
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Psa. 136:4• 4To him who alone doeth great wonders, for his loving-kindness endureth for ever: (Psa. 136:4)
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Psa. 139:14• 14I will praise thee, for I am fearfully, wonderfully made. Marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. (Psa. 139:14)
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Ex. 15:6,11• 6Thy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy.
11Who is like unto thee, Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like unto thee, glorifying thyself in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
(Ex. 15:6,11)
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Isa. 43:18‑20• 18--Remember not the former things, neither consider the ancient things:
19behold, I do a new thing; now it shall spring forth: shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, rivers in the waste.
20The beast of the field shall glorify me, the jackals and the ostriches; for I will give waters in the wilderness, rivers in the waste, to give drink to my people, my chosen.
(Isa. 43:18‑20)
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Jer. 31:22• 22How long wilt thou wander about, thou backsliding daughter? For Jehovah hath created a new thing on the earth, a woman shall encompass a man. (Jer. 31:22)
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Luke 1:49• 49For the Mighty One has done to me great things, and holy is his name; (Luke 1:49)
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Luke 2:10‑14• 10And the angel said to them, Fear not, for behold, I announce to you glad tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people;
11for to-day a Saviour has been born to you in David's city, who is Christ the Lord.
12And this is the sign to you: ye shall find a babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, and lying in a manger.
13And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying,
14Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good pleasure in men.
(Luke 2:10‑14)
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Acts 2:11• 11Cretans and Arabians, we hear them speaking in our own tongues the great things of God? (Acts 2:11)
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Rev. 15:3‑4• 3And they sing the song of Moses bondman of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful are thy works, Lord God Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, O King of nations.
4Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all nations shall come and do homage before thee; for thy righteousnesses have been made manifest.
(Rev. 15:3‑4)
his right.
Psa. 2:5‑6• 5Then will he speak to them in his anger, and in his fierce displeasure will he terrify them:
6And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.
(Psa. 2:5‑6)
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Psa. 45:3‑5• 3Gird thy sword upon thy thigh, O mighty one, in thy majesty and thy splendour;
4And in thy splendour ride prosperously, because of truth and meekness and righteousness: and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
5Thine arrows are sharp--peoples fall under thee--in the heart of the king's enemies.
(Psa. 45:3‑5)
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Psa. 110:2‑6• 2Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.
3Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning shall come to thee the dew of thy youth.
4Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek.
5The Lord at thy right hand will smite through kings in the day of his anger.
6He shall judge among the nations; he shall fill all places with dead bodies; he shall smite through the head over a great country.
(Psa. 110:2‑6)
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Gen. 3:15• 15And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; he shall crush thy head, and thou shalt crush his heel. (Gen. 3:15)
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Ex. 15:6• 6Thy right hand, Jehovah, is become glorious in power: Thy right hand, Jehovah, hath dashed in pieces the enemy. (Ex. 15:6)
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Isa. 52:10• 10Jehovah hath made bare his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God. (Isa. 52:10)
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Isa. 59:16• 16And he saw that there was no man, and he wondered that there was no intercessor; and his arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness, it sustained him. (Isa. 59:16)
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Isa. 63:5• 5And I looked, and there was none to help; and I wondered that there was none to uphold: and mine own arm brought salvation unto me; and my fury, it upheld me. (Isa. 63:5)
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John 16:33• 33These things have I spoken to you that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good courage: I have overcome the world. (John 16:33)
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Acts 19:20• 20Thus with might the word of the Lord increased and prevailed. (Acts 19:20)
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Col. 2:15• 15having spoiled principalities and authorities, he made a show of them publicly, leading them in triumph by it. (Col. 2:15)
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Heb. 2:14‑15• 14Since therefore the children partake of blood and flesh, he also, in like manner, took part in the same, that through death he might annul him who has the might of death, that is, the devil;
15and might set free all those who through fear of death through the whole of their life were subject to bondage.
(Heb. 2:14‑15)
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Rev. 3:21• 21He that overcomes, to him will I give to sit with me in my throne; as *I* also have overcome, and have sat down with my Father in his throne. (Rev. 3:21)
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Rev. 6:2• 2And I saw: and behold, a white horse, and he that sat upon it having a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went forth conquering and that he might conquer. (Rev. 6:2)
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Rev. 17:14• 14These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them; for he is Lord of lords and King of kings: and they that are with him called, and chosen, and faithful. (Rev. 17:14)
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Rev. 19:11‑21• 11And I saw the heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and one sitting on it, called Faithful and True, and he judges and makes war in righteousness.
12And his eyes are a flame of fire, and upon his head many diadems, having a name written which no one knows but himself;
13and he is clothed with a garment dipped in blood; and his name is called The Word of God.
14And the armies which are in the heaven followed him upon white horses, clad in white, pure, fine linen.
15And out of his mouth goes a sharp two-edged sword, that with it he might smite the nations; and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and he treads the wine-press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
16And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.
17And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves to the great supper of God,
18that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses and of those that sit upon them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great.
19And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army.
20And the beast was taken, and the false prophet that was with him, who wrought the signs before him by which he deceived them that received the mark of the beast, and those that worship his image. Alive were both cast into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone;
21and the rest were slain with the sword of him that sat upon the horse, which goes out of his mouth; and all the birds were filled with their flesh.
(Rev. 19:11‑21)
 Book 4, Series 2. The Jews restored. (“The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy” by B. Anstey)
 Psalm 98, He has wrought the deliverance. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101 by J.N. Darby)
 Israel rejoices over the results of His coming. In the past Israel had raised a song of praise to the Lord for vanquishing their enemies (Ex. 15). Now the nation raises a “new song” unto the Lord for intervening again to judge their enemies and to deliver them. (Book 4. by B. Anstey)
 The Lord’s victory over His enemies and salvation to Israel is openly showed to the world (vs. 1-3). (Book 4. by B. Anstey)
 By power, and holiness― “his right hand, and his holy arm”―He has triumphed victoriously over all His enemies. (Psalms 98 by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A Psalm. Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: for he hath done wondrous things; his right hand and his holy arm hath wrought salvation for him.