With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.
The verse calls for loud, joyful proclamation before the Lord as King with trumpets and cornet, summoning all the earth with sea, hills, fields and heaven to join in praise and song. Its music expresses the joy of creation because the Lord is coming to judge the earth and the world with righteousness and equity. It describes millennial times when his victory and salvation are openly seen, the earth rejoices at his coming, and millennial glories begin. That coming is personal and before the millennium, thrice repeated as his coming to judge the earth with righteousness, in language as literal as the coming and judgment in Psalm 50 and set in its context by Psalms 96, 97 and 98 and by Hebrews 1:6. Trumpets and cornet are therefore fitting instruments for joyful praise before him in worship, proper when joined with a true spirit and grace, and their joy before the reigning King looks to receiving him at his coming to bring universal love and peace.
Words and Setting
With trumpets and sound of cornet a joyful noise and proclamation is to be made before the LORD as King, and that call is laid upon all the earth.
The summons gathers all the earth and all creation to rejoice before Him, with the earth receiving Him and heaven and nature singing, and with joy extending to every creature because His coming and reign give cause for it. That united praise joins the roaring sea with floods and hills, together with fields and trees, in song before Him. The hope held out in this rejoicing before the reigning King is a reign bringing universal love and peace.
Its setting is His coming to judge the earth and the world with righteousness and equity, thrice solemnly declared, when His victory and salvation are openly seen throughout the earth. The trumpets, cornet music and praise are the expression of the joy of all creation at that coming, and of creation rejoicing because He comes.
Coming and Judgment Foretold
The psalm describes millennial times and the millennial jubilee, when the Lord's victory and salvation are openly seen throughout the earth and the earth rejoices before Him at His coming. Its trumpet call to make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King is the rejoicing of earth, sea, field, trees, floods and hills because He comes, at which millennial glories begin. That coming is personal and pre-millennial, thrice solemnly repeated as FOR HE COMETH to judge the earth, to judge the world with righteousness and the people with equity. It is placed before the millennium by millennial conditions interwoven in its context, by the whole structure of Psalms 96, 97 and 98, and by Hebrews 1:6.
The coming and judgment are described in equally literal style as the coming and judgment in Psalm 50, in language parallel to Psalm 50 and abundant with like coming passages throughout Scripture. In that sense Psalm 98 gives one of the strongest descriptions of His coming to judgment. That coming is attended by clouds and darkness round about Him, fire before Him burning up His enemies, lightnings enlightening the world so the earth sees and trembles, hills melting like wax at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth, righteousness and judgment as the habitation of His throne, and the heavens declaring His righteousness.
The verse belongs to a prophetic song anticipating the Lord's coming, expressing the hope of Christ's second coming, final judgment and reign. Its music and praise express the joy of all creation at His coming to judge the earth with righteousness and equity, joining the roaring sea, floods and hills in rejoicing before the Lord, the King, greeted with joyful trumpet and cornet blasts. This forecast is applied to disasters and upheavals in nature as signs that the earth is nearing its end and that the final judgment and Christ's second advent are approaching.
Worship and Joyful Application
Together with the verse before it, the command to sound trumpets and cornet shows that those instruments are fitting means for making joyful praise before the Lord as King. Their named use upholds the proper place of instrumental music in worship offered joyfully before him. The psalms themselves were made not only for reading and study but also for singing. Such playing is right when joined with the true spirit and with grace and usefulness, while instruments sounded by those whose heart and life are corrupt are wrong.
The joy before the reigning King belongs to receiving him at his coming, when his coming and reign are the cause for rejoicing. That call summons the earth to receive him and heaven and nature to sing, extending the joy to the earth and to all creation. The hope held out in that reign is universal love and peace under the Saviour.
The verse calls for loud, joyful proclamation before the Lord as King with trumpets and cornet, summoning all the earth with sea, hills, fields and heaven to join in praise and song. Its music expresses the joy of creation because the Lord is coming to judge the earth and the world with righteousness and equity. It describes millennial times when his victory and salvation are openly seen, the earth rejoices at his coming, and millennial glories begin. That coming is personal and before the millennium, thrice repeated as his coming to judge the earth with righteousness, in language as literal as the coming and judgment in Psalm 50 and set in its context by Psalms 96, 97 and 98 and by Hebrews 1:6. Trumpets and cornet are therefore fitting instruments for joyful praise before him in worship, proper when joined with a true spirit and grace, and their joy before the reigning King looks to receiving him at his coming to bring universal love and peace.
Words and Setting
With trumpets and sound of cornet a joyful noise and proclamation is to be made before the LORD as King, and that call is laid upon all the earth.
The summons gathers all the earth and all creation to rejoice before Him, with the earth receiving Him and heaven and nature singing, and with joy extending to every creature because His coming and reign give cause for it. That united praise joins the roaring sea with floods and hills, together with fields and trees, in song before Him. The hope held out in this rejoicing before the reigning King is a reign bringing universal love and peace.
Its setting is His coming to judge the earth and the world with righteousness and equity, thrice solemnly declared, when His victory and salvation are openly seen throughout the earth. The trumpets, cornet music and praise are the expression of the joy of all creation at that coming, and of creation rejoicing because He comes.
Coming and Judgment Foretold
The psalm describes millennial times and the millennial jubilee, when the Lord's victory and salvation are openly seen throughout the earth and the earth rejoices before Him at His coming. Its trumpet call to make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King is the rejoicing of earth, sea, field, trees, floods and hills because He comes, at which millennial glories begin. That coming is personal and pre-millennial, thrice solemnly repeated as FOR HE COMETH to judge the earth, to judge the world with righteousness and the people with equity. It is placed before the millennium by millennial conditions interwoven in its context, by the whole structure of Psalms 96, 97 and 98, and by Hebrews 1:6.
The coming and judgment are described in equally literal style as the coming and judgment in Psalm 50, in language parallel to Psalm 50 and abundant with like coming passages throughout Scripture. In that sense Psalm 98 gives one of the strongest descriptions of His coming to judgment. That coming is attended by clouds and darkness round about Him, fire before Him burning up His enemies, lightnings enlightening the world so the earth sees and trembles, hills melting like wax at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth, righteousness and judgment as the habitation of His throne, and the heavens declaring His righteousness.
The verse belongs to a prophetic song anticipating the Lord's coming, expressing the hope of Christ's second coming, final judgment and reign. Its music and praise express the joy of all creation at His coming to judge the earth with righteousness and equity, joining the roaring sea, floods and hills in rejoicing before the Lord, the King, greeted with joyful trumpet and cornet blasts. This forecast is applied to disasters and upheavals in nature as signs that the earth is nearing its end and that the final judgment and Christ's second advent are approaching.
Worship and Joyful Application
Together with the verse before it, the command to sound trumpets and cornet shows that those instruments are fitting means for making joyful praise before the Lord as King. Their named use upholds the proper place of instrumental music in worship offered joyfully before him. The psalms themselves were made not only for reading and study but also for singing. Such playing is right when joined with the true spirit and with grace and usefulness, while instruments sounded by those whose heart and life are corrupt are wrong.
The joy before the reigning King belongs to receiving him at his coming, when his coming and reign are the cause for rejoicing. That call summons the earth to receive him and heaven and nature to sing, extending the joy to the earth and to all creation. The hope held out in that reign is universal love and peace under the Saviour.