Psalms 97:4
2 Clouds and darkness surround Him; righteousness and justice are His throne’s foundation.
3 Fire goes before Him and consumes His foes on every side.
His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
5 The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.
6 The heavens proclaim His righteousness; all the peoples see His glory.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- His lightning illuminates the world; the earth sees and trembles.
- KJV
- His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- WEB
- His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.
- ASV
- His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.
- DARBY
- His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- BLB
- His lightnings give light [to] the world; the earth sees, and trembles.
- ÅB
- Hans lyn opplyser jorderike; jorden ser det og bever.
- OTB
- Hans lyn opplyste verden;
Jorden så det og skalv. - B1930
- Hans lyn oplyser jorderike; jorden ser det og bever.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 77:18
Your thunder resounded in the whirlwind; the lightning lit up the world; the earth trembled and quaked.
Read in contextRevelation 11:19
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
Read in contextExodus 19:16–18
On the third day, when morning came, there was thunder and lightning. A thick cloud was upon the mountain, and a very loud blast of the ram’s horn went out, so that all the people in the camp trembled.
Read in contextPsalms 104:32
He looks on the earth, and it trembles; He touches the mountains, and they smolder.
Read in contextJob 9:6
He shakes the earth from its place, so that its foundations tremble.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:10
But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
Read in contextRevelation 19:11
Then I saw heaven standing open, and there before me was a white horse. And its rider is called Faithful and True. With righteousness He judges and wages war.
Read in contextPsalms 144:5–6
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
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