As I read Psalm 98 this week in order to prepare for this writing I was struck by the many New Testament passages that echoed in my ears in response to these verses. So instead of a meditation on the psalm this week I’ve simply strung together New Testament passages that came to mind at each verse and interspersed them into the psalm. This could go on forever but I chose to just list the passages that immediately came to mind. Read them together and allow Scripture to interpret Scripture. I think you will be edified and I think you will hear your own echoes of others Scriptures.
 

Psalm 98 A Psalm.

1 Oh sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Eph. 5:18-20 ESV)

2 The LORD has made known his salvation; he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek. 17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” (Rom. 1:16-17 ESV)

3 He has remembered his steadfast love and faithfulness to the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

13 But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility. 17 And he came and preached peace to you who were far off and peace to those who were near. (Eph. 2:13-17 ESV)


4 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!

1 Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things to you is no trouble to me and is safe for you. (Phil. 3:1 ESV)

5 Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!

4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, rejoice. (Phil. 4:4 ESV)

6 With trumpets and the sound of the horn make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!

16 For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. 17 Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. 18 Therefore encourage one another with these words. (1 Thess. 4:16-5:1 ESV)7 Let the sea roar, and all that fills it; the world and those who dwell in it!

13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!” (Rev. 5:13 ESV)

8 Let the rivers clap their hands; let the hills sing for joy together

22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. (Rom. 8:22-23 ESV)

9 before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness, and the peoples with equity.

39 And we are witnesses of all that he did both in the country of the Jews and in Jerusalem. They put him to death by hanging him on a tree, 40 but God raised him on the third day and made him to appear, 41 not to all the people but to us who had been chosen by God as witnesses, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead. 42 And he commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that he is the one appointed by God to be judge of the living and the dead. 43 To him all the prophets bear witness that everyone who believes in him receives forgiveness of sins through his name.” (Acts 10:39-43 ESV)