Psalm 98
August 6, 2023
preached by Pastor Ryan Bouton
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Time of Reflection Quotations

“One cannot read the Psalms without becoming a happier man, without being lifted above the world, without lofty views of God, without a feeling that he is worthy of this universal praise, without recognizing that we are in a world where the mind should be joyful, that we are under the dominion of a God whose reign should fill the mind with gladness.”

~ Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament: Explanatory and Practical: Psalms

“There are two things that are suited to humble the soul of men, a due consideration of God, and then ourselves. Of God, in His greatness, glory, holiness, power, majesty and authority; ourselves, in our mean, abject and sinful condition.”

~ John Owen, Overcoming Sin and Temptation

“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I offer my last dogma defiantly) it is not native to man to be so. Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an innocent interlude, a tender and fugitive frame of mind; praise should be the permanent pulsation of the soul. Pessimism is at best an emotional half-holiday; joy is the uproarious labor by which all things live.”

~G.K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

Sermon Passage

Psalm 98 (ESV)

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

⁴ Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth;
break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
⁵ Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre,
with the lyre and the sound of melody!
⁶ With trumpets and the sound of the horn
make a joyful noise before the King, the LORD!

⁷ Let the sea roar, and all that fills it;
the world and those who dwell in it!
⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands;
let the hills sing for joy together
⁹ before the LORD, for he comes
to judge the earth.
He will judge the world with righteousness,
and the peoples with equity.