Psalms 98:8
Context98:8 Let the rivers clap their hands!
Let the mountains sing in unison
Psalms 148:9-10
Context148:9 you mountains and all you hills,
you fruit trees and all you cedars,
148:10 you animals and all you cattle,
you creeping things and birds,
Isaiah 44:23
Context44:23 Shout for joy, O sky, for the Lord intervenes; 1
shout out, you subterranean regions 2 of the earth.
O mountains, give a joyful shout;
you too, O forest and all your trees! 3
For the Lord protects 4 Jacob;
he reveals his splendor through Israel. 5
[44:23] 1 tn Heb “acts”; NASB, NRSV “has done it”; NLT “has done this wondrous thing.”
[44:23] 2 tn Heb “lower regions.” This refers to Sheol and forms a merism with “sky” in the previous line. See Pss 63:9; 71:20.
[44:23] 3 tn Heb “O forest and all the trees in it”; NASB, NRSV “and every tree in it.”
[44:23] 4 tn Heb “redeems.” See the note at 41:14.
[44:23] 5 tn That is, by delivering Israel. Cf. NCV “showed his glory when he saved Israel”; TEV “has shown his greatness by saving his people Israel.”