Psalms 97:4
His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
In Context
3A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.
Cross References
Job 9:6Who shaketh the earth out of its place, and the pillars thereof tremble;
Psalms 77:18The voice of thy thunder was in the whirlwind, lightnings lit up the world; the earth was troubled and it quaked.
Psalms 96:9Worship Jehovah in holy splendour; tremble before him, all the earth.
Psalms 114:7Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob,
Jeremiah 10:10But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.
Matthew 28:2And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of [the] Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone 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 →