Pentecost Season · Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time · Year C
Psalm 98:1, 2-3a, 3b-4 (cf. 2b)
Sing to the Lord a New Song
October 15, 2028
Overview & Insights
“Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things.” (Psalm 98:1)
Most of this psalm of Yahweh’s kingship is comprised of calls to praise (vv. 1a, 4–8), along with substantiating reasons that look to Yahweh’s past (vv. 1b–3) and future (v. 9) actions. Like Psalm 96, it opens with a general call for all the earth (v. 4; 96:1) to sing a new song (v. 1; 96:1) about Yahweh’s marvelous things/deeds (Hb. niplāʾôt , v. 1; 96:3) and salvation (v. 2; 96:2). It similarly contains three verses of commands to the human world to join in a ritual celebration of “the LORD, the King” (vv. 4–6; 96:7–9), and a closing section inviting the natural world to join in applauding his coming to judge the earth (vv. 7–9; 96:10–13).
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Commentary
Psalm 98 Commentary: Sing a New Song Enduring Word · David Guzik
Verse by verse commentary on the psalm's call to universal praise.
Psalm 98:1 Commentaries BibleHub
Several classic commentators side by side on the opening call to sing.
Psalm 98:1 Interlinear BibleHub
Hebrew text with Strong's numbers for 'new song' and 'salvation.'
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Why Psalm 98 or Psalm 78?
Psalm 98 calls for a new song to the Lord who “has done marvelous things,” his saving victory seen to the ends of the earth; Psalm 78 rehearses God’s deeds so the next generation will not forget. Both frame the cross as God’s marvelous, saving work to be proclaimed.
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