Psalms 98:6

"With trumpets and sound of the ram’s horn, make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD."

Key Reflection

In Psalms 98:6, the instruction to “make a joyful noise” with trumpets and the ram’s horn is both an invocation of ancient ceremonial practices and a powerful call to celebration. The use of these specific instruments—trumpets (שׁופר, shōpher) and the ram's horn (תֹּף, tōph)—echoes traditional Israelite worship, where such sounds were used to declare significant events or to gather the people before God. This verse not only commands a festive response but also symbolizes the proclamation of God’s mighty acts, encouraging all creation to celebrate His kingship and glory.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

With trumpets -The word used here is uniformly rendered “trumpets” in the Scriptures.Numbers 10:2,Numbers 10:8-10;Numbers 31:6; et al. The trumpet was mainly employed for convening a public assembly for worship, or for assembling the hosts for battle. The original word -חצצרהchătsôtserâh- is supposed to have been designed to imitate “the broken pulse-like sound of the trumpet, like the Latin“taratantara.”So the German “trarara,” and the Arabichadadera. The word used here was given to the long, straight trumpet. And sound of cornet ...

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