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All Creation Worships
Commentators explain that the verse uses personification, where nature itself is called to worship. The 'clapping' of the rivers is described as the lapping sound of waves, and the hills join in a chorus of praise. This imagery shows all of creation responding with joy to God's goodness and majesty.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 98:8
18th Century
Theologian
Let the floods clap their hands - The rivers. Let them join in the universal praise. As if conscious of their beauty, their grandeu…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 98:8
19th Century
Bishop
Clap their hands. —This expression, descriptive of the lapping sound of waves, occurs also in Isaiah 55:12.
Let the…
John Gill
On Psalms 98:8
17th Century
Pastor
Let the floods clap their hands
Or "rivers" F5 , dashing against their banks, as they pass along; a proso…
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Matthew Henry
On Psalms 98:4–9
17th Century
Minister
Let all people rejoice in the establishment of Christ's kingdom, for all may benefit from it. The different orders of rational creatures in the uni…