Psalms 97:4
His lightnings lightened the world. The earth saw, and trembled.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
In Context
3A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries round about.
5The mountains melted like wax at the presence of LORD, at the presence of LORD of the whole earth.
Cross References
Job 9:6who shakes the earth out of its place, and the pillars of it tremble,
Psalms 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind. The lightnings lightened the world. The earth trembled and shook.
Psalms 96:9O worship LORD in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.
Psalms 114:7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of LORD, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
Jeremiah 10:10But LORD is the TRUE God. He is the living God, and an everlasting King. At his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
Matthew 28:2And behold, a great earthquake occurred, for an agent of Lord, having descended from heaven, having come, he rolled the stone away from the door and sat upon it.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 97:2-8
Righteousness and Glory of the Divine Government; Establishment of Christ's Kingdom. 1 The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne. 3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. 4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. 5 The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord , at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.… Read the whole commentary →