Psalms 98:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A psalm. Sing to the LORD a new song, for he performs amazing deeds! His right hand and his mighty arm accomplish deliverance.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִזְמ֡וֹר שִׁ֤ירוּ לַֽיהוָ֨ה ׀ שִׁ֣יר חָ֭דָשׁ כִּֽי־נִפְלָא֣וֹת עָשָׂ֑ה הוֹשִֽׁיעָה־לּ֥וֹ יְ֝מִינ֗וֹ וּזְר֥וֹעַ קָדְשֽׁוֹ׃

Transliteration

Mizmōr shīrū to-YHWH shīr ḥādāsh because-niplāʾōt ʿāśāh hōshīʿāh-to-him yemīnō and-zerōaʿ qodshō

Grammar Details

• *Mizmōr*: noun, masculine singular construct - psalm/song
• *shīrū*: verb, qal imperative masculine plural - sing!
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *shīr*: noun, masculine singular construct - song
• *ḥādāsh*: adjective, masculine singular - new
• *niplāʾōt*: noun, feminine plural - wonders/marvelous deeds
• *ʿāśāh*: verb, qal perfect 3rd masculine singular - he did/made
• *hōshīʿāh*: verb, hiphil perfect 3rd feminine singular - saved/delivered
• *yemīnō*: noun, feminine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his right hand
• *zerōaʿ*: noun, feminine singular construct - arm
• *qodshō*: noun, masculine singular with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his holiness/holy

Word Meanings

• *Mizmōr*: psalm/melody/song
• *niplāʾōt*: wonders/marvelous works/miracles
• *hōshīʿāh*: brought salvation/delivered/saved
• *zerōaʿ*: arm/strength/power
• *qodshō*: his holiness/his sanctity/his holy one

Referenced Verses

• Exod 15:6 : 6 Your right hand, O LORD, was majestic in power, your right hand, O LORD, shattered the enemy.
• Ps 96:1 : 1 Sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth!
• Isa 52:10 : 10 The LORD reveals his royal power in the sight of all the nations; the entire earth sees our God deliver.
• Ps 96:3 : 3 Tell the nations about his splendor! Tell all the nations about his amazing deeds!
• Ps 33:3 : 3 Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him!
• Ps 45:3-5 : 3 Strap your sword to your thigh, O warrior! Appear in your majestic splendor! 4 Appear in your majesty and be victorious! Ride forth for the sake of what is right, on behalf of justice! Then your right hand will accomplish mighty acts! 5 Your arrows are sharp and penetrate the hearts of the king’s enemies. Nations fall at your feet.
• Ps 77:14 : 14 You are the God who does amazing things; you have revealed your strength among the nations.
• Ps 86:10 : 10 For you are great and do amazing things. You alone are God.
• Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you?– majestic in holiness, fearful in praises, working wonders?
• Ps 2:5-6 : 5 Then he angrily speaks to them and terrifies them in his rage, saying, 6 “I myself have installed my king on Zion, my holy hill.”
• Gen 3:15 : 15 And I will put hostility between you and the woman and between your offspring and her offspring; her offspring will attack your head, and you will attack her offspring’s heel.”
• Ps 105:5 : 5 Recall the miraculous deeds he performed, his mighty acts and the judgments he decreed,
• Ps 110:2-6 : 2 The LORD extends your dominion from Zion. Rule in the midst of your enemies! 3 Your people willingly follow you when you go into battle. On the holy hills at sunrise the dew of your youth belongs to you. 4 The LORD makes this promise on oath and will not revoke it:“You are an eternal priest after the pattern of Melchizedek.” 5 O Lord, at your right hand he strikes down kings in the day he unleashes his anger. 6 He executes judgment against the nations; he fills the valleys with corpses; he shatters their heads over the vast battlefield.
• Ps 136:4 : 4 to the one who performs magnificent, amazing deeds all by himself, for his loyal love endures,
• Ps 139:14 : 14 I will give you thanks because your deeds are awesome and amazing. You knew me thoroughly;
• Ps 149:1 : 1 Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song! Praise him in the assembly of the godly!
• Isa 42:10 : 10 Sing to the LORD a brand new song! Praise him from the horizon of the earth, you who go down to the sea, and everything that lives in it, you coastlands and those who live there!
• Isa 43:18-20 : 18 “Don’t remember these earlier events; don’t recall these former events. 19 “Look, I am about to do something new. Now it begins to happen! Do you not recognize it? Yes, I will make a road in the wilderness and paths in the wastelands. 20 The wild animals honor me, the jackals and ostriches, because I put water in the wilderness and streams in the wastelands, to quench the thirst of my chosen people,
• Isa 59:16 : 16 The Lord Intervenes He sees there is no advocate; he is shocked that no one intervenes. So he takes matters into his own hands; his desire for justice drives him on.
• Isa 63:5 : 5 I looked, but there was no one to help; I was shocked because there was no one offering support. So my right arm accomplished deliverance; my raging anger drove me on.
• Jer 31:22 : 22 How long will you vacillate, you who were once like an unfaithful daughter? For I, the LORD, promise to bring about something new on the earth, something as unique as a woman protecting a man!’”
• Luke 1:49 : 49 because he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name;
• Luke 2:10-14 : 10 But the angel said to them,“Do not be afraid! Listen carefully, for I proclaim to you good news that brings great joy to all the people: 11 Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord. 12 This will be a sign for you: You will find a baby wrapped in strips of cloth and lying in a manger.” 13 Suddenly a vast, heavenly army appeared with the angel, praising God and saying, 14 “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace among people with whom he is pleased!”
• John 16:33 : 33 I have told you these things so that in me you may have peace. In the world you have trouble and suffering, but take courage– I have conquered the world.”
• Acts 2:11 : 11 both Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabs– we hear them speaking in our own languages about the great deeds God has done!”
• Acts 19:20 : 20 In this way the word of the Lord continued to grow in power and to prevail.
• Col 2:15 : 15 Disarming the rulers and authorities, he has made a public disgrace of them, triumphing over them by the cross.
• Heb 2:14-15 : 14 Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he likewise shared in their humanity, so that through death he could destroy the one who holds the power of death(that is, the devil), 15 and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.
• Rev 3:21 : 21 I will grant the one who conquers permission to sit with me on my throne, just as I too conquered and sat down with my Father on his throne.
• Rev 5:9 : 9 They were singing a new song:“You are worthy to take the scroll and to open its seals because you were killed, and at the cost of your own blood you have purchased for God persons from every tribe, language, people, and nation.
• Rev 6:2 : 2 So I looked, and here came a white horse! The one who rode it had a bow, and he was given a crown, and as a conqueror he rode out to conquer.
• Rev 14:3 : 3 and they were singing a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one was able to learn the song except the one hundred and forty-four thousand who had been redeemed from the earth.
• Rev 15:3-4 : 3 They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb:“Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations! 4 Who will not fear you, O Lord, and glorify your name, because you alone are holy? All nations will come and worship before you for your righteous acts have been revealed.”
• Rev 17:14 : 14 They will make war with the Lamb, but the Lamb will conquer them, because he is Lord of lords and King of kings, and those accompanying the Lamb are the called, chosen, and faithful.”
• Rev 19:11-21 : 11 The Son of God Goes to War Then I saw heaven opened and here came a white horse! The one riding it was called“Faithful” and“True,” and with justice he judges and goes to war. 12 His eyes are like a fiery flame and there are many diadem crowns on his head. He has a name written that no one knows except himself. 13 He is dressed in clothing dipped in blood, and he is called the Word of God. 14 The armies that are in heaven, dressed in white, clean, fine linen, were following him on white horses. 15 From his mouth extends a sharp sword, so that with it he can strike the nations. He will rule them with an iron rod, and he stomps the winepress of the furious wrath of God, the All-Powerful. 16 He has a name written on his clothing and on his thigh:“King of kings and Lord of lords.” 17 Then I saw one angel standing in the sun, and he shouted in a loud voice to all the birds flying high in the sky:“Come, gather around for the great banquet of God, 18 to eat your fill of the flesh of kings, the flesh of generals, the flesh of powerful people, the flesh of horses and those who ride them, and the flesh of all people, both free and slave, and small and great!” 19 Then I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies assembled to do battle with the one who rode the horse and with his army. 20 Now the beast was seized, and along with him the false prophet who had performed the signs on his behalf– signs by which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. Both of them were thrown alive into the lake of fire burning with sulfur. 21 The others were killed by the sword that extended from the mouth of the one who rode the horse, and all the birds gorged themselves with their flesh.