Psalms 98:8

8 Clap your hands, you rivers; you hills, sing together with joy before the Lord,

Psalms 98:8 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 98:8

Let the floods clap their hands
Or "rivers" ^F5, dashing against their banks, as they pass along; a prosopopoeia, as the preceding and following, expressing great joy on account of the Messiah, the reigning King. Aben Ezra interprets this of men that are in rivers, as the sea; in the preceding verse of such that are in ships at sea; and the hills in the next clause of such that dwell on them;

let the hills be joyful together;
see ( Isaiah 55:12 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (twrhn) "fluvii", Cocceius, Gejerus, so Ainsworth.

Psalms 98:8 In-Context

6 Blow trumpets and horns, and shout for joy to the Lord, our king.

7 Roar, sea, and every creature in you; sing, earth, and all who live on you!

8 Clap your hands, you rivers; you hills, sing together with joy before the Lord,

9 because he comes to rule the earth. He will rule the peoples of the world with justice and fairness.