Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things.

What things?

The writer of Psalm 98 points to two in particular—all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God, and the Lord will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Salvation and judgement.

For these twin blessings you and I can praise God today. Salvation, true hope and peace and comfort and life, lies nowhere else. It seems harder to consider judgement as a blessing, but who else might possible judge our lives in perfect righteousness and full equity? Who else has provided the answer to judgement in the person of his Son?

Let the rivers clap their hands, and the mountains sing together for joy.

Like the mountains, lift your voice in song, and like the rushing rivers, give the Lord a round of applause. For he has done marvelous things.

In fact, it seems a standing ovation best suits the occasion.

Psalm 98 in week forty-nine of reading the Bible cover to cover

Photo by Keith Luke