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Psalms 98:6
With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the worshiping community, issuing a command for instrumental and vocal proclamation that bridges the preceding call to stringed instruments and the following call for the natural world to respond.
The words — The Hebrew terms חֲצֹצְרוֹת (chatzotserot, "trumpets") and שׁוֹפָר (shofar, "ram's horn") identify the specific wind instruments required for the proclamation.
The thread — This exact combination of trumpets and rams' horns accompanies a covenant oath in 2 Chronicles 15:14, while the designation of Yahweh as King reappears in Revelation 19:16.
Why it lands — The text explicitly commands a loud, instrumental shout of joy directed at Yahweh before shifting focus to the sea and the earth in the next verse.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
With trumpets and sound of cornet make a joyful noise before the Lord, the King.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 15:14 They took an oath to the LORD with a loud voice, with shouting, trumpets, and rams’ horns.
- Psalms 81:2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
- Revelation 19:16 And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
- 1 Chronicles 15:28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
- 2 Chronicles 29:27 And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel.
- Numbers 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- 2 Chronicles 5:12 all the Levitical singers—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps, and lyres, accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.
- Psalms 47:5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
- Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.