“Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands.” (KJV)
“Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!” (NKJV)
These three verses are essentially saying the same thing.
David is calling all the earth, or every nation, to shout a joyful shout to the
Lord. It might seem like the usual praise we would expect from David. But what
really stands out to me is the Hebrew word for “shout”. “hari'u” is a military phrase.
It means to give a battle cry. But this is not just any battle cry. This word
is often used to signify a specific battle cry. It is the joyful shout given by
the soldiers in the thick of the battle when the battle has ended and the enemy
has been defeated. Here we see David knows that his God, our God, the Lord has
won the battle. The victory is His. And as His children, as His soldiers in His
army of Spiritual warfare we are being called to sound the victory. There is no
longer any reason to allow the adversary to cause us to “feel” defeated. The
victory belongs to God. He has beaten our enemy. And now we must proclaim this
victory. And we are to live in it.
Be blessed, Shannon.
