Psalms 97:4
His lightnings, have illumined, the world, The earth, hath seen, and hath trembled;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
In Context
3Fire, before him, proceedeth, That it may consume, round about, his adversaries.
Cross References
Job 9:6Who shaketh the earth, out of its place, and, the pillars thereof, shudder;
Psalms 77:18The, voice of thy thunder, was in the whirlwind, Thy lightnings illumined the world, The earth, trembled and quaked;
Psalms 96:9Bow down to Yahweh, in the adornment of holiness, Be in anguish at his presence, all the earth!
Psalms 114:7Before the Lord, be in anguish, O earth, Before the GOD of Jacob:
Jeremiah 10:10But, Yahweh, is God in truth, He, is a God that, liveth, And a King of times age-abiding,—At his anger, quaketh the earth, And nations cannot endure his wrath.
Matthew 28:2And lo! a great commotion occurred,—for, a messenger of the Lord, descending out of heaven, and coming near, had rolled away the stone, and was sitting 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 →