Psalms 98:8

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

Key Reflection

These verses personify nature, inviting rivers and mountains to join in God’s praise. It emphasizes that even inanimate creation finds joy and participates in the celebration of divine goodness and redemption, highlighting the universality of worship.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Let the floods clap their hands -The rivers. Let them join in the universal praise. As if conscious of their beauty, their grandeur, their usefulness; as if sensible that all this was conferred by God; as if rejoicing in the goodness of God manifested to them, and through them, let them unite in the universal praise. Compare the notes atIsaiah 55:12. Let the hills be joyful together -The mountains - in view of the goodness of God toward them - crowning them with beauty - clothing them with sublimity and grandeur - let them also rejoice in God as “their” God. Let all nature thus join in praise.

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