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Psalm 97

Psa. 97:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Theu Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
reigneth
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
; let the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
rejoice
giyl (Hebrew #1523)
a primitive root; properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
KJV usage: be glad, joy, be joyful, rejoice.
Pronounce: gheel
Origin: or (by permutation) guwl {gool}
v; let the τmultitude
rab (Hebrew #7227)
abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)
KJV usage: (in) abound(-undance, -ant, -antly), captain, elder, enough, exceedingly, full, great(-ly, man, one), increase, long (enough, (time)), (do, have) many(-ifold, things, a time), ((ship-))master, mighty, more, (too, very) much, multiply(-tude), officer, often(-times), plenteous, populous, prince, process (of time), suffice(-lent).
Pronounce: rab
Origin: by contracted from 7231
of isles
'iy (Hebrew #339)
properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
KJV usage: country, isle, island.
Pronounce: ee
Origin: from 183
w be glad
samach (Hebrew #8055)
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
KJV usage: cheer up, be (make) glad, (have, make) joy(-ful), be (make) merry, (cause to, make to) rejoice, X very.
Pronounce: saw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
thereof.

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1-6:  The majesty of God's kingdom.
7-9:  The church rejoices at God's judgments upon idolaters.
10-12:  An exhortation to godliness and gladness.
A.M. 3000.
B.C. 1004.
Lord.
Psa. 93:1• 1Jehovah reigneth; [with] majesty he is clothed,{HR}[With] strength he girdeth himself:{HR}Yea the world is established,{HR}It shall not be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Psa. 96:10‑11• 10Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth!{HR}Yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved;{HR}He will judge the peoples in equity.
11Let the heavens rejoice and the earth be glad;{HR}Let the sea roar and its fullness;
(Psa. 96:10‑11)
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Psa. 99:1• 1Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble.{HR}He sitteth [above] the cherubim;{HR}Let the earth be moved. (Psa. 99:1)
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Obad. 21• 21And the saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau: and the kingdom shall be Jehovah’s. (Obad. 21)
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Matt. 3:3• 3For this is he who has been spoken of through Esaias the prophet, saying, Voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of [the] Lord, make straight his paths. (Matt. 3:3)
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Matt. 6:10,13• 10let thy kingdom come, let thy will be done as in heaven so upon the earth;
13and lead us not into temptation, but save us from evil.
(Matt. 6:10,13)
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Mark 11:10• 10Blessed [be] the coming kingdom of our father David. Hosanna in the highest. (Mark 11:10)
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Col. 1:13• 13who delivered us from the authority of darkness and translated [us] into the kingdom of the Son of his love: (Col. 1:13)
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Rev. 11:17• 17saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God the Almighty, that art and that wast; because thou hast taken thy great power and reigned. (Rev. 11:17)
the earth.
let the multitude of isles.
Heb. let the many, or greatisles.
Gen. 10:5• 5From these were separated the isles of the nations in their lands, each after his tongue, after their families, in their nations. (Gen. 10:5)
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Isa. 11:11• 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 which shall be left, 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. (Isa. 11:11)
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Isa. 24:14‑16• 14These shall lift up their voice, they shall shout for the majesty of Jehovah, they shall cry aloud from the sea.
15Wherefore glorify ye Jehovah in the east, the name of Jehovah the God of Israel in the isles of the west.
16From the end [wing] of the earth have we heard songs, Glory to the righteous!
(Isa. 24:14‑16)
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Isa. 41:5• 5The isles saw [it] and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came. (Isa. 41:5)
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Isa. 42:4,10‑12• 4He shall not faint nor be crushed till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
10Sing unto Jehovah a new song, 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.
11Let the wilderness and the cities thereof lift up [their voice], the villages Kedar doth inhabit; let the inhabitants of Sela sing, let them shout from the top of the mountains.
12Let them give glory unto Jehovah, and declare his praise in the islands.
(Isa. 42:4,10‑12)
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Isa. 49:1• 1Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye peoples from afar. Jehovah hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isa. 49:1)
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Isa. 51:5• 5My righteousness [is] near, my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the peoples: the isles shall wait for me, and on mine arm shall they trust. (Isa. 51:5)
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Isa. 60:9• 9Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from afar, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of Jehovah thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel, for he hath glorified thee. (Isa. 60:9)
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Isa. 66:19• 19And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, [to] Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, [to] Tubal, and Javan, [to] the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations. (Isa. 66:19)
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Zeph. 2:11• 11Jehovah will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, everyone from his place, even all the isles of the heathen. (Zeph. 2:11)
 Book 4, Series 2. The Jews restored. (“The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy” by B. Anstey)
 In Psalm 97, He is actually coming in clouds. (Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101 by J.N. Darby)
 (vs. 1) The psalm opens with an anticipation of the joy and gladness of the whole earth when the Lord actually reigns. (Psalm 97 by H. Smith)
 The Lord appears. He comes in full power to reign (vs. 1). (Book 4. by B. Anstey)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah reigneth: let the earth be glad, let the many isles rejoice.

W. Kelly Translation

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Jehovah reigneth; let the earth rejoice,{HR}Let the many islands be glad.