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Time after Pentecost · Proper 28 · Year C

Psalm 98

Sing to the Lord a New Song

November 19, 2028

Angel Musicians, Gaudenzio Ferrari
Angel Musicians, Gaudenzio Ferrari, c. 1535Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Saronno
A cupola at Saronno crowded with angels playing more than fifty different instruments, painted so accurately that it is used as evidence for how Renaissance instruments were held.Praise him with trumpet, lute and harp: the psalm lists instruments, and Ferrari answers with every one he could find.Gaudenzio FerrariA painter and sculptor of Lombardy (c. 1471-1546), who worked on the great pilgrimage sites of the Alpine foothills and is valued now as much by musicologists as by art historians.Santa Maria dei Miracoli, SaronnoA pilgrimage sanctuary north of Milan, whose domes were frescoed by Gaudenzio Ferrari and Bernardino Luini.Santa Maria dei Miracoli, Saronno
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelLuke 21:5-28Lk 21:5-28
Epistle2 Thess. 3:6-132 Thes 3:6-13
Old TestamentMal. 4:1-6Mal 4:1-6
PsalterPs. 98Ps 98

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 CommentaryPs 98 Commentary Enduring Word · David Guzik

Walks through the psalm's call to sing a new song for God's marvelous deeds.

Psalms 98 (Treasury of David)Ps 98 (Treasury of David) StudyLight

Spurgeon's classic devotional exposition of this psalm of praise.

Commentary on Psalm 98Commentary on Ps 98 Working Preacher

The site's single Lutheran voice on the psalm's summons to creation-wide praise.

Psalm 98:1 CommentariesPs 98:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Stacks several classic commentators on the opening call to sing a new song.

Background & Word Study

Psalm 98Ps 98 Sefaria

Gives the Hebrew text of the psalm alongside an English translation.

Art & Music

Art, music and hymns for Psalm 98Art, music and hymns for Ps 98 Vanderbilt

The Vanderbilt Divinity Library index of visual art, hymns and music chosen for this reading.

Questions preachers ask

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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