Psalm 97:1

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Summary

Psalm 97:1

The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.

Lord

The earth

Psalm 2:11

Isaiah 49:13

Luke 2:10

Let the multitude of isles

General references

Romans 15:10

Bible References

Lord

The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.

Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.

The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

And those who have been kept safe will come up from Mount Zion to be judges of the mountain of Esau; and the kingdom will be the Lord's.

For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

Let your kingdom come. Let your pleasure be done, as in heaven, so on earth.

A blessing on the coming kingdom of our father David: Glory in the highest.

Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;

We give you praise, O Lord God, Ruler of all, who is and who was; because you have taken up your great power and are ruling your kingdom.

The earth

Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour,

Let your voice be loud in song, O heavens; and be glad, O earth; make sounds of joy, O mountains, for the Lord has given comfort to his people, and will have mercy on his crushed ones.

And the angel said, Have no fear; for truly, I give you good news of great joy which will be for all the people:

Let the multitude of isles

From these came the nations of the sea-lands, with their different families and languages.

And in that day the hand of the Lord will be stretched out the second time to get back the rest of his people, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the sea-lands.

But those will be making sounds of joy; they will be crying loudly from the sea for the glory of the Lord.

The sea-lands saw it, and were in fear; the ends of the earth were shaking: they came near.

His light will not be put out, and he will not be crushed, till he has given the knowledge of the true God to the earth, and the sea-lands will be waiting for his teaching.

Give ear, O sea-lands, to me; and take note, you peoples from far: I have been marked out by the Lord from the first; when I was still in my mother's body, he had my name in mind:

Suddenly will my righteousness come near, and my salvation will be shining out like the light; the sea-lands will be waiting for me, and they will put their hope in my strong arm.

Vessels of the sea-lands are waiting for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, so that your sons may come from far, and their silver and gold with them, to the place of the name of the Lord your God, and to the Holy One of Israel, because he has made you beautiful.

And I will put a sign among them, and I will send those who are still living to the nations, to Tarshish, Put, and Lud, Meshech and Rosh, Tubal and Javan, to the sea-lands far away, who have not had word of me, or seen my glory; and they will give the knowledge of my glory to the nations.

The Lord will let himself be seen by them: for he will make all the gods of the earth feeble; and men will go down before him in worship, everyone from his place, even all the sea-lands of the nations.

General references

And again he says, Take part, you Gentiles, in the joy of his people.