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Psalm 98 is the 98th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O sing unto the Lord a new song; for he hath done marvellous things". The Book of Psalms starts the third section of the Hebrew Bible , and, as such, is a book of the Christian Old Testament .
" Nun singt ein neues Lied dem Herren" (Now sing a new song to the Lord) is a Christian hymn with German text by Georg Thurmair. He based it on Psalm 98 and wrote it in 1967 to match a traditional 16th-century melody. The song is part of German hymnals, including Gotteslob, and songbooks.
Illustration of the weeping by the rivers of Babylon from Chludov Psalter (9th century). The song is based on the Biblical Psalm 137:1–4, a hymn expressing the lamentations of the Jewish people in exile following the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC: [1] Previously the Kingdom of Israel, after being united under Kings David and Solomon, had been split in two, with the Kingdom of ...
[4] The beginning of the poem is reminiscent of the call to sing a new song to the Lord as in Psalm 98, and the second line already mentions conflict: "Niemand solls euch wehren" (nobody shall deny it to you). [4] In the first common German Catholic hymnal, the 1975 Gotteslob, the song appeared as GL 268 [4] [5] with Lohmann's melody. [2]
A psalm of praise to the holy and mighty God who is known throughout all the earth. People: יהוה YHVH God. Related Articles: Psalm 98 - Divine judgment. English Text: American Standard - Douay-Rheims - Free - King James - Jewish Publication Society - Tyndale - World English - Wycliffe
"Viderunt omnes" is a Gregorian chant based on Psalm XCVIII (98), sung as the gradual [1] at the Masses of Christmas Day and historically on its octave, the Feast of the Circumcision. Two of the many settings of the text are famous as being among the earliest pieces of polyphony by known composers, Léonin and Pérotin of the Notre Dame school.
Psalm 149 shares its first line with Psalm 98, known as Cantate Domino. Both psalms call for praise of God in music and dance, because God has chosen his people and helped them to victory. [2] [3] [4] Psalm 149 also calls to be ready to fight, with "swords sharpened on both sides in their hands". [5] The end of the psalm has been interpreted ...
The song was first published in 1719 in Watts's collection The Psalms of David: Imitated in the Language of the New Testament, and applied to the Christian State and Worship. [2] The paraphrase is Watts's Christological interpretation. Consequently, he does not emphasize with equal weight the various themes of Psalm 98.