Psalms 97:1
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
In Context
2Clouds and darkness are round about Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Cross References
Psalms 2:11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalms 96:10Say among the nations: 'The LORD reigneth.' The world also is established that it cannot be moved; He will judge the peoples with equity.
Psalms 98:4Shout unto the LORD, all the earth; break forth and sing for joy, yea, sing praises.
Isaiah 11:11And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord will set His hand again the second time to recover the remnant of His people, that shall remain from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
Isaiah 41:5The isles saw, and feared; the ends of the earth trembled; they drew near, and came.
Isaiah 42:10Sing unto the LORD a new song, and His praise from the end of the earth; ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles, and the inhabitants thereof.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 97:1
This psalm dwells upon the same subject, and is set to the same tune, with the foregoing psalm. Christ is the Alpha and the Omega of both; they are both penned, and are both to be sung to his honour; and we make nothing of them if we do not, in them, make melody with our hearts to the Lord Jesus. He it is that reigns, to the joy of all mankind ( ver. 1 ); and his government speaks, I. Terror to his enemies; for he is a prince of inflexible justice and irresistible power, ver. 2-7 . II. Comfort to his friends and… Read the whole commentary →