Psalms 97:1-6

Psalm 97

1 The LORD rules! Let the earth rejoice! Let all the islands celebrate!
2 Clouds and thick darkness surround God. His throne is built on righteousness and justice.
3 Fire proceeds before him, burning up his enemies on every side.
4 His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees it and trembles!
5 The mountains melt like wax before the LORD, before the Lord of the whole world!
6 Heaven has proclaimed God's righteousness, and all nations have seen his glory.

Psalms 97:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 97

This psalm is ascribed to David by the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions. It is of the same argument, and upon the same subject, as the preceding, the coming and kingdom of Christ; and that it respects his first coming into the world, when angels were called upon to worship him, appears from Ps 97:7 compared with Heb 1:6 though it is expressed in such language as seems to agree with his second coming; and, perhaps, both are included, with various things between the one and the other; or it respects the kingdom of Christ, from his first to his second coming; to which agrees the inscription of the Syriac version, which is

``a Psalm of David, in which he prophesies concerning the coming of the Messiah, and again he intimates in it his last appearance.''

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