Salmos 97:1-9

1 O Senhor reina, regozije-se a terra; alegrem-se as numerosas ilhas.

2 Nuvens e escuridão estão ao redor dele; justiça e eqüidade são a base do seu trono.

3 Adiante dele vai um fogo que abrasa os seus inimigos em redor.

4 Os seus relâmpagos alumiam o mundo; a terra os vê e treme.

5 Os montes, como cerca, se derretem na presença do Senhor, na presença do Senhor de toda a terra.

6 Os céus anunciam a sua justiça, e todos os povos vêem a sua glória.

7 Confundidos são todos os que servem imagens esculpidas, que se gloriam de ídolos; prostrai-vos diante dele, todos os deuses.

8 Sião ouve e se alegra, e regozijam-se as filhas de Judá por causa dos teus juízos, Senhor.

9 Pois tu, Senhor, és o Altíssimo sobre toda a terra; tu és sobremodo exaltado acima de todos os deuses.

Salmos 97:1-9 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.''