RRB notes on Psalm 98

Psalms 98 KJV

A Psalm.

1. O sing unto the LORD a new song; [a] for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, [b] and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.

[a] See notes on Psa. 20:8, 27:10.

[b] Ezra 8:18, 22.

2. The LORD hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen.

3. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

4. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. [c]

[c] Millennium (Psa. 97:1, 96:1-2, 95:1-2.

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

6. With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the LORD, the King.

7. Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

8. Let the floods clap their hands: [d] let the hills be joyful together

[d] Figurative (see note on Psa. 6:6; App. 104).

9. Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge the earth: with righteousness shall he judge the world, and the people with equity.

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Note on Psa. 20:8 KJV

They are brought down and fallen: but we are risen, and stand upright. [1]

[1] None of the verse has been fulfilled literally yet. Throughout the Psalms, the reader is constantly put into the following positions: 1) make a liar out of the Holy Spirit and reject what the text says, 2) spiritualize the passage and make it figurative so that it applies to a generation that it does not fit, or 3) place the verse prophetically in the future in the Tribulation and the Second Advent when God will fulfill it literally to the letter. Count on the scholars to pick the first two and cut their spiritual jugular veins in the process.

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Notes on Psa. 27:10 KJV

When my father and my mother forsake me, then the LORD will take me up. [2][g]

[2] Many of these verses can be applied spiritually to a Christian, but you can’t assume that means that they’ve been fulfilled and are not to be applied historically and literally (see note on Psalm 2:8).

[g] Isa. 66:13.

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Note on Psa. 6:6 KJV

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; [1] I water my couch with my tears. [a]

[1] Notice the figurative language (see note on Job 21:24). Figurative speech is very common in the Bible, and our language is rich with it (see App. 104). The hermeneutical rule is solid: always take the Bible absolutely literally if it’s possible to take it literally; if a passage is absolutely impossible to take literally, then and only then can you take it figuratively (Matt. 26:27-28).

[a] Like Job (Job 7:3-4, 13-15, 16:16, 20, 23:2).

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Appendix 104 – Figurative Expressions

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