Mazmur 98
1 Mazmur. Nyanyikanlah lagu baru bagi TUHAN, karena perbuatan-perbuatan-Nya yang mengagumkan! Dengan kuasa dan kekuatan-Nya sendiri Ia telah mendapat kemenangan.
Sing to Yahweh a new song, because he has done wonderful things! By his power [MTY] and his great strength [DOU] he has defeated [his enemies].
2 TUHAN mewartakan kemenangan-Nya; Ia menyatakan keadilan-Nya kepada bangsa-bangsa.
Yahweh has declared to people that he has defeated his enemies; he has revealed that he has punished [them], and [people in] all the world have seen that he has done it.
3 Ia ingat akan kasih dan kesetiaan-Nya kepada Israel, umat-Nya. Semua bangsa di seluruh bumi telah melihat kemenangan Allah kita.
Like he promised to us Israeli people [MTY], he has faithfully loved us and (been loyal to/not abandoned) us. [People who live] in very remote places in all the earth have seen that our God has defeated [his enemies].
4 Bersoraksorailah bagi TUHAN, hai seluruh bumi! Pujilah TUHAN dengan nyanyian dan sorak gembira.
All you [people] [MTY] everywhere should sing joyfully to Yahweh; praise him while you sing and shout joyfully!
5 Nyanyikan pujian bagi TUHAN, dengan memetik kecapi.
Praise Yahweh while you play the lyres/harps, playing [delightful] music.
6 Tiuplah trompet dan sangkakala, bersoraklah bagi TUHAN, Raja kita.
[Some of you should] blow trumpets and other horns, [while others] shout joyfully to Yahweh, [our] king.
7 Bergemuruhlah hai laut dan semua isinya bumi dan semua yang mendiaminya.
The oceans and all [the creatures] that are in the oceans should roar [to praise Yahweh]. Everyone on the earth should sing!
8 Biarlah sungai-sungai bertepuk tangan, dan bukit-bukit bersorak-sorai di hadapan TUHAN.
[It should seem as though] the rivers are clapping their hands [to praise Yahweh] and that the hills are singing together joyfully in front of Yahweh,
9 Sebab Ia datang untuk menghakimi bumi; bangsa-bangsa akan dihakimi-Nya dengan adil dan benar.
because he will come to judge [everyone on] [MTY] the earth! He will judge [all] the people-groups [in the world] justly and fairly [DOU].
