Psalms 98:4 — King James Version← Study notes

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.”

Psalms 98:4 — Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 98:47 words

HebrewMeaning

הָרִ֣יעוּhāriyʿw

shout for joyverbH7321

cry (alarm · aloud · out) · destroy ···

לַֽ֭/יהוָהlayhwāh

to YahwehpronH3068

the Lord. Compare

כָּלkāl

O allnounH3605

) · altogether · any · enough ···

הָ/אָ֑רֶץhāʾāreṣ

the earthparticleH776

common · earth · field · ground ···

פִּצְח֖וּpiṣəḥw

break forthverbH6476

forth into joy) · make a loud noise

וְ/רַנְּנ֣וּwəranənw

and sing for joyconjH7442

cry out · be joyful (greatly · make to) rejoice · shout ···

וְ/זַמֵּֽרוּwəzamērw

and make musicconjH2167

sing forth praises · psalms

ℹWords are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 98:4

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…
Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 98

Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain

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