Psalms 98:6

“With trumpet and sound of cornet, etc.] The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Ethiopic versions, render it with ductile trumpets, such as were made of silver, as the two trumpets for the calling of the assembly, (<041002>Numbers 10:2) to which the allusion seems to be here, called “asosra” by Josephus f1379 according to the Hebrew language twrxwxj; which he says were in length a little less than a cubit, but the pipe narrow, somewhat thicker than a flute, having a sufficient breadth at the mouth to blow with, ending after the manner of a bell. The cornet was a trumpet or pipe, made of horn, from whence it has its name; such were those, made of rams’ horns, the priests blew with when they…”

“With trumpets - The word used here is uniformly rendered “trumpets” in the Scriptures. Numbers 10:2, Numbers 10:8-10; Numbers 31:6; et al. The trumpet was mainly employed for convening a public assembly for worship, or for assembling the hosts for battle. The original word - חצצרה chătsôtserâh - is supposed to have been designed to imitate “the broken pulse-like sound of the trumpet, like the Latin “taratantara.” So the German “trarara,” and the Arabic hadadera. The word used here was given to the long, straight trumpet. And sound of cornet ... - The word here translated “cornet” is also usually rendered “trumpet,” Exodus 19:16, Exodus 19:19; Exodus 20:18; Leviticus 25:9; Joshua 6:4-6,…”

“98:6 The Temple musicians used trumpets to call people together for meetings (cp. 81:3).”

“trumpets: Psa 47:5, Psa 81:2-4; Num 10:1-10; Ch1 15:28; Ch2 5:12, Ch2 5:13, Ch2 29:27 the king: Psa 47:6, Psa 47:7; Mat 25:34; Rev 19:16 Psalms 98:7”