Psalms 98:7

Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The psalmist addresses the natural world and its inhabitants, commanding them to respond to the Lord’s kingship immediately after the trumpet blast in verse 6 and before the rivers and mountains are summoned in verse 8.

The words — יִרְעַם (yir.'Am) literally means "let it thunder," and תֵּבֵל (te.Vel) denotes the inhabited world or earth.

The thread — The command for the sea to resound appears in Psalms 96:11, while the phrase "the world and all who dwell in it" mirrors Psalms 24:1, and Isaiah 49:13 pairs the earth and mountains with joyful proclamation over God's action.

Why it lands — The text explicitly orders creation to produce audible praise, requiring the reader to treat worship as a cosmic reality that precedes and encompasses human speech rather than a human invention.

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The Hebrew words

יִרְעַ֣םyir.'Amlet it thunder הַ֭יָּםHai./yomthe/ sea וּמְלֹא֑וֹu./me.lo.'/Oand/ what fills/ it תֵּ֝בֵ֗לte.Vel[the] world וְיֹ֣שְׁבֵיve./Yo.she.veiand/ [those who] dwellבָֽהּ׃Va/hin <the>/ it

King James Version

Let the sea roar, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

Cross-references

Isaiah 49:13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
Psalms 24:1 A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
Psalms 96:11 Let the heavens be glad and the earth rejoice; let the sea resound, and all that fills it.
Isaiah 61:11 For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.