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Psalm 97
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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The full introduction to Psalms opens beside chapter 1, in the Tyndale commentary.
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Footnotes
Let the Earth Rejoice
1The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice;let the distant shores be glad.
2Clouds and darkness surround Him;righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation. 3Fire goes before Himand consumes His foes on every side. 4His lightning illuminates the world;the earth sees and trembles. 5The mountains melt like waxat the presence of the LORD,before the Lord of all the earth. 6The heavens proclaim His righteousness;all the peoples see His glory.
7All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols.Worship Him, all you gods! 8Zion hears and rejoices,and the towns of Judah exultbecause of Your judgments, O LORD. 9For You, O LORD, are Most High over all the earth;You are exalted far above all gods.
10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD!He preserves the souls of His saints;He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. 11Light shinesfootnote aon the righteous,gladness on the upright in heart. 12Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones,and praise His holy name.
Footnotes
- a 97:11 One Hebrew manuscript, LXX, Syriac, and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts Light is sown
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