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Psalms 98:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Sing unto the Lord with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.


Psalms 98:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 98:56 words
HebrewMeaning
זַמְּר֣וּzamərw
make musicverbH2167
sing forth praises · psalms
לַ/יהוָ֣הlayhwāh
to YahwehpronH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּ/כִנּ֑וֹרbəkinwōr
with a harppronH3658
בְּ֝/כִנּ֗וֹרbəkinwōr
with a harppronH3658
וְ/ק֣וֹלwəqwōl
and the sound ofconjH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
זִמְרָֽהzimərāh
musicnounH2172
psalm
Words 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 98:5

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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