Psalms 97:2-12

2 ¹Clouds and thick darkness surround Him; ²Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

3 ³Fire goes before Him And ⁴burns up His adversaries round about.

4 His ⁵lightnings lit up the world; The earth saw and ⁶trembled.

5 The mountains ⁷melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the ⁸Lord of the whole earth.

6 The ⁹heavens declare His righteousness, And ¹⁰all the peoples have seen His glory.

7 Let all those be ashamed who serve ¹¹graven images, Who boast themselves of ¹²idols; ¹³Worship Him, all you gods.

8 Zion heard this and ¹⁴was glad, And the daughters of Judah have rejoiced Because of Your judgments, O LORD.

9 For You are the LORD ¹⁵Most High over all the earth; You are exalted far ¹⁶above all gods.

10 ¹⁷Hate evil, you who love the LORD, Who ¹⁸preserves the souls of His godly ones; He ¹⁹delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11 ²⁰Light is sown like seed for the righteous And ²¹gladness for the upright in heart.

12 Be ²²glad in the LORD, you righteous ones, And ²³give thanks to His holy name.

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Psalms 97:2-12 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 23

1. Exodus 19:9; Deuteronomy 4:11; 1 Kings 8:12; Psalms 18:11
2. Psalms 89:14
3. Psalms 18:8; Psalms 50:3; Daniel 7:10; Habakkuk 3:5
4. Malachi 4:1; Hebrews 12:29
5. Exodus 19:16; Psalms 77:18
6. Psalms 96:9; Psalms 104:32
7. Psalms 46:6; Amos 9:5; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:5
8. Joshua 3:11
9. Psalms 19:1; Psalms 50:6
10. Psalms 98:2; Isaiah 6:3; Isaiah 40:5; Isaiah 66:18
11. Psalms 78:58; Isaiah 42:17; Isaiah 44:9, 11; Jeremiah 10:14
12. Psalms 106:36; Jeremiah 50:2; Habakkuk 2:18
13. Hebrews 1:6
14. Psalms 48:11; Zephaniah 3:14
15. Psalms 83:18
16. Exodus 18:11; Psalms 95:3; Psalms 96:4; Psalms 135:5
17. Psalms 34:14; Proverbs 8:13; Amos 5:15; Romans 12:9
18. Psalms 31:23; Psalms 145:20; Proverbs 2:8
19. Psalms 37:40; Jeremiah 15:21; Daniel 3:28
20. Job 22:28; Psalms 112:4; Proverbs 4:18
21. Psalms 64:10
22. Psalms 32:11
23. Psalms 30:4

Footnotes 5

[a]. Or "All the gods have worshiped Him"
[b]. Or "supernatural powers"
[c]. Or possibly "hears and is glad"
[d]. Or "supernatural powers"
[e]. Lit "for the memory of His holiness"

Psalms 97:2-12

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Psalms 97:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 97

Cross References 23

Footnotes 5