Psalms 98:8
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Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
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You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name.
Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”