
Text -- Psalms 97:4 (NET)




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JFB -> Psa 97:3-5
JFB: Psa 97:3-5 - -- The attending illustrations of God's awful justice on enemies (Psa 83:14) are seen in the disclosures of His almighty power on the elements of nature ...
Clarke: Psa 97:4 - -- His lightnings enlightened the world - Though this be no more than a majestic description of the coming of the Lord, to confound his enemies and suc...
His lightnings enlightened the world - Though this be no more than a majestic description of the coming of the Lord, to confound his enemies and succor his followers, yet some spiritualize the passage, and say, the lightnings signify the apostles, who enlightened the world by their heavenly doctrine

Clarke: Psa 97:4 - -- The earth saw, and trembled - The earth is represented as a sentient being. It saw the terrible majesty of God; and trembled through terror, fearing...
The earth saw, and trembled - The earth is represented as a sentient being. It saw the terrible majesty of God; and trembled through terror, fearing it should be destroyed on account of the wickedness of its inhabitants.
TSK -> Psa 97:4
TSK: Psa 97:4 - -- His : Psa 77:18, Psa 144:5, Psa 144:6; Exo 19:16-18
the earth : Psa 104:32, Psa 114:7; Job 9:6; Jer 10:10; Mat 27:50, Mat 27:51, Mat 28:2, Mat 28:3; R...

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Barnes -> Psa 97:4
Barnes: Psa 97:4 - -- His lightnings enlightened the world ... - See the notes at Psa 77:18. Compare Psa 104:32; Hab 3:6-10.
His lightnings enlightened the world ... - See the notes at Psa 77:18. Compare Psa 104:32; Hab 3:6-10.
Poole -> Psa 97:4
Poole: Psa 97:4 - -- His lightnings enlightened the world: this phrase signifies not so much illumination as terror and judgments, as appears both from the following word...
His lightnings enlightened the world: this phrase signifies not so much illumination as terror and judgments, as appears both from the following words, and from the constant use of the phrase in that sense, as Psa 18:14 144:6 , &c.
Gill -> Psa 97:4
Gill: Psa 97:4 - -- His lightnings enlightened the world,.... Either the doctrines of the Gospel, compared thereunto, because of the swift progress they made, and the lar...
His lightnings enlightened the world,.... Either the doctrines of the Gospel, compared thereunto, because of the swift progress they made, and the large extent of them in the world, in a very little time; by the apostles they were published in all nations, and were the means of enlightening them in the true knowledge of themselves, and of the way of salvation by Christ: hence they are called the "lights of the world", Mat 5:14, as the coming of Christ, in his kingdom and power, by them, is compared to lightning, and so are the arrows of his word, Mat 24:27, or else his judgments on the Jewish nation are meant, which were manifest and clear, and obvious to all the world; see Psa 18:14,
the earth saw, and trembled; the inhabitants of the earth, of the Gentile world, saw the judgments of God upon the Jews, and were astonished at them; see Deu 29:24, it is usual for lightnings and earthquakes to go together; see Rev 11:19.

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TSK Synopsis -> Psa 97:1-12
TSK Synopsis: Psa 97:1-12 - --1 The majesty of God's kingdom.7 The church rejoices at God's judgments upon idolaters.10 An exhortation to godliness and gladness.
MHCC -> Psa 97:1-7
MHCC: Psa 97:1-7 - --Though many have been made happy in Christ, still there is room. And all have reason to rejoice in Christ's government. There is a depth in his counse...
Matthew Henry -> Psa 97:1-7
Matthew Henry: Psa 97:1-7 - -- What was to be said among the heathen in the foregoing psalm (Psa 97:10) is here said again (Psa 97:1) and is made the subject of this psalm, and of...
Keil-Delitzsch -> Psa 97:4-6
Keil-Delitzsch: Psa 97:4-6 - --
Again we have nothing but echoes of the older literature: Psa 97:4 = Psa 77:19; Psa 97:4 , cf. Psa 77:17; Psa 97:5 , cf. Mic 1:4; Psa 97:5 , cf....
Constable: Psa 90:1--106:48 - --IV. Book 4: chs. 90--106
Moses composed one of the psalms in this section of the Psalter (Ps. 90). David wrote t...

Constable: Psa 97:1-12 - --Psalm 97
The writer of this psalm saw the Lord coming to rule and reign on the earth. He exhorted his re...

Constable: Psa 97:2-9 - --2. The appearance of the King 97:2-9
97:2-5 These verses reveal the appearance of the Lord in terms similar to other visions God gave His prophets (cf...
