Another group of eschatological hymns (Psalms 96, 98, 149) begins indeed with a call to praise, but feels the utter inadequacy of the old songs. The amazingly new world situation demands a new song. Consequently they start with:
Sing to Yahwe a new song.
They may later make explicit announcement that Yahwe has become king as in Psalm 96:10:
Say among the nations, Yahwe is king,
or that fact may be made implicitly understood by the general context of the hymn.
Shout before the king Yahwe.
—Psalm 98:6.
Let Zion’s sons rejoice in their king.
—Psalm 149:2.
Undoubtedly there were also in Israel eschatological hymns, which issued the great call to praise in varied and impressive ways, following up the call to praise with the momentous announcement of Yahwe’s assumption of world government. Of such hymns Psalm 47 is a representative. It calls the peoples to the praise of Yahwe in verse 2 and announces the great fact of his newly accepted kingship in verse 3: