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Psalms 97:5-12

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5 The mountains 1melt like 2wax before the LORD, before 3the Lord of all the earth.
6 4The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all 5the peoples see his glory.
7 All worshipers of images are 6put to shame, who make their boast in 7worthless idols; 8worship him, all you gods!
8 Zion hears and 9is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of your judgments, O LORD.
9 For you, O LORD, are 10most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above 11all gods.
10 O you who love the LORD, 12hate evil! He 13preserves the lives of his 14saints; he 15delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
11 16Light 17is sown[a] for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.
12 18Rejoice in the LORD, O you righteous, and 19give thanks to his holy name!
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Psalms 97:5-12 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.''

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 19

  • 1. Nahum 1:5; [Judges 5:5]
  • 2. See Psalms 68:2
  • 3. Joshua 3:11
  • 4. See Psalms 50:6
  • 5. Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 66:18; [Psalms 96:3]
  • 6. Isaiah 42:17; Isaiah 44:9
  • 7. Psalms 96:5
  • 8. Hebrews 1:6
  • 9. Psalms 48:11
  • 10. See Psalms 83:18
  • 11. See Psalms 95:3
  • 12. Proverbs 8:13; Amos 5:15; Romans 12:9; See Psalms 34:14
  • 13. Psalms 31:23; Psalms 37:28; Psalms 121:4; Psalms 145:20; Proverbs 2:8
  • 14. See Psalms 30:4
  • 15. Daniel 3:28; Daniel 6:27; Acts 12:11
  • 16. Psalms 112:4; Psalms 118:27; Proverbs 4:18
  • 17. [Proverbs 11:18; Hosea 10:12; James 3:18]
  • 18. See Psalms 32:11
  • 19. See Psalms 30:4

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome Light dawns
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