Psalms 97:1-8

1 psalmus David cantate Domino canticum novum quoniam mirabilia fecit salvavit sibi dextera eius et brachium sanctum eius

2 notum fecit Dominus salutare suum in conspectu gentium revelavit iustitiam suam

3 recordatus est misericordiae suae et veritatem suam domui Israhel viderunt omnes termini terrae salutare Dei nostri

4 iubilate Domino omnis terra cantate et exultate et psallite

5 psallite Domino in cithara in cithara et voce psalmi

6 in tubis ductilibus et voce tubae corneae iubilate in conspectu regis Domini

7 moveatur mare et plenitudo eius orbis terrarum et qui habitant in eo

8 flumina plaudent manu simul montes exultabunt

Psalms 97:1-8 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.''