Psalm 98:1 (ESV)
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.
Meditation
The call to sing a new song is not a command to invent fresh lyrics for novelty’s sake, but to respond afresh to the unchanging faithfulness of God. The psalmist rejoices because the Lord has acted—His deeds are not abstract but personal and powerful. His “right hand” and “holy arm” are images of strength and victory. The salvation God works is not detached from His holiness—it is the outworking of His righteousness. The new song rises from a heart that has seen deliverance, tasted mercy, and beheld the faithfulness of God. This salvation reaches its fullness in Christ, whose victory on the cross and resurrection calls forth the eternal hymn of the redeemed. To sing a new song is to confess with joy that the Lord reigns and saves.
New Testament
Revelation 5:9 (ESV)
And they sang a new song, saying,
“Worthy are You to take the scroll and to open its seals,
for You were slain, and by Your blood You ransomed people for God
from every tribe and language and people and nation.”
Old Testament
Exodus 15:1 (ESV)
Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying,
“I will sing to the LORD, for He has triumphed gloriously;
the horse and his rider He has thrown into the sea.”
Collect
O Lord God, whose mighty hand has worked salvation for Your people, stir in our hearts the joy of the redeemed, that we may sing to You a new song of praise and proclaim the marvelous works You have done; through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.
Hymn Verse
Sing praise to God who reigns above,
the God of all creation,
the God of power, the God of love,
the God of our salvation.
With healing balm my soul is filled
and every faithless murmur stilled:
To God all praise and glory.
— Sing Praise to God, the Highest Good – LSB 819:1
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