Chapter 98

And this psalm depicts the kingdom of Christ and the arrogance of the bishops. Ps.98:1. The Lord reigns, let people be angry. Christ is the King whose royal power is not recognized by the angry Jews. Sit on the cherubim, let the earth move. The same one in the last times will reign over those living on the earth, Who sits on the cherubim and before Whom the earth moved. Therefore he says: You sit on cherubim, who, having become like us, moved the earth from its standing in evil, that is, from idolatry. Ps.98:2. The Lord is great in Zion. Zion is the Church in which Christ is glorified and exalted, according to what is said: “I will exalt Thee, my God, my King.” (Ps. 144:1). Ps.98:3. Let them confess to Your great name. Great is His name: Jesus; because it is interpreted as: the salvation of people. This name is also great, “more than any name”, to which “every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess, as Jesus Christ is Lord” (Phil. 2:9-11). How scary and holy it is. It is terrible for angry nations who do not accept His kingdom; holy for those who believe in Him. Ps.98:4. And the court loves the honor of the Tsar. Since the honor or glory of the king loves truth, which is meant by the word “judgment,” His command is terrible for the disobedient, and holy for the obedient. You have prepared righteousness. For he will “judge the world in righteousness” (Ps. 95:13). Ps.98:5. Exalt the Lord our God. He who is high, like God, and has all creation under His feet, He, without changing, became man. Therefore, this, says David, who has been made man without change, exalt Him, worshiping Him and His flesh with one worship. Ps.98:6. Moses and Aaron in His priesthood. This one now, since he has become a man, reigning on earth, is the same one whom Moses, and Aaron, and Samuel called of old. Therefore, having said: “worship the foot” (Ps.98:5), and having preached the incarnation and dispensation, again for our protection the mention of “mountain” (Ps.98:9) indicates the Divinity; because He remained God, although He took on the form of our slave for the sake of salvation. Ps.99:8. Lord our God, you listened to them. Although, apparently, they sinned in other ways. Like people, you did not despise them. Therefore, Aaron was convicted as having sinned at the merging of the calf, and Moses was convicted at the water of discord (Num. 20:24). Ps.98:9. And worship His saints in the mountain. This means either earthly or heavenly Jerusalem; and by the name of the mountain we must also understand the Only Begotten Himself, according to what was said: “a stone without hands was cut off from the mountain” (Dan. 2:45). You might be interested in: