13]]; Isa 52:9, together with Isa 14:7 (inasmuch as פּצחוּ ורננוּ is equivalent to פּצחוּ רנּה). קול זמרה is found also in Isa 51:3.
Verses 7-9
Here, too, it is all an echo of the earlier language of Psalms and prophets: Psa 98:7 = Psa 96:11; Psa 98:7 like Psa 24:1; Psa 98:8 after Isa 55:12 (where we find מחא כּף instead of the otherwise customary תּקע כּף, Psa 47:2; or הכּה כּף, 2Ki 11:12, is said of the trees of the field); Psa 98:9 - Psa 96:13, cf. Psa 36:10. In the bringing in of nature to participate in the joy of mankind, the clapping rivers (נהרות) are original to this Psalm: the rivers cast up high waves, which flow into one another like clapping hands;[1] cf. Hab 3:10, where the abyss of the sea lifts up its hands on high, i.e., causes its waves to run mountain-high.
Psalm 99
Song of Praise in Honour of the Thrice Holy One
1 JAHVE reigneth, the peoples tremble ; He sitteth upon the cherubim, the earth tottereth. 2 Jahve in Zion is great, And He is exalted above all the peoples. 3 They shall praise Thy great and fearful name — Holy is He. 4 And the might of a king who loveth the right Hast Tnou established in righteousness ; Right and righteousness hast Thou executed in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye Jahve our God, And prostrate yourselves at His footstool — Holy is He. 6 Moses and Aaron among His priests, And Samuel among those who call upon His name — They called unto Jahve and He answered them ;
