Psalms 97:4
Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
In Context
3Fire before Him goeth, And burneth round about His adversaries.
5Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.
Cross References
Job 9:6Who is shaking earth from its place, And its pillars move themselves.
Psalms 77:18The voice of Thy thunder [is] in the spheres, Lightnings have lightened the world, The earth hath trembled, yea, it shaketh.
Psalms 96:9Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth.
Psalms 114:7From before the Lord be afraid, O earth, From before the God of Jacob,
Jeremiah 10:10And Jehovah [is] a God of truth, He [is] a living God, and a king age-during, From His wrath shake doth the earth, And nations endure not His indignation.
Matthew 28:2and lo, there came a great earthquake, for a messenger of the Lord, having come down out of heaven, having come, did roll away the stone from the door, 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 →