“O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.”
Psalm 98 opens with a call for new song: "O sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have gotten him victory." The new song celebrates God's wondrous deeds. The right hand and holy arm are instruments of victory.
Church Fathers on Psalms 98:1
1. “O sing unto the Lord a new song” Psalm 97:1. The new man knows this, the old man knows it not. The old man is the old life, and the new man the new life: the old life is derived from Adam, the new life is formed in Christ. But in this Psalm, the whole world is enjoined to sing a new song. More openly elsewhere the words are these: “O sing unto the Lord a new song; sing unto the Lord, all the whole earth;” that they who cut themselves off from the communion of the whole…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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