Psalms 97:1-9

¹Yahweh is the king! I want everyone on the earth to be glad/happy, and the people who live on the islands in the oceans to also rejoice about that!

²There are very dark clouds around him to hide him; he rules MTY righteously/justly and fairly.

³He sends fire in front of him, and he completely burns all his enemies in that fire.

⁴All around the world he causes lightning to flash; people on the earth see it, and it causes them to be afraid and tremble.

⁵The mountains/hills melt like wax in front of Yahweh, the one who is the Lord, who rules over all the earth.

⁶The angels in MTY heaven proclaim that he acts righteously, and all the people-groups see his glory.

⁷Everyone who worships idols should be ashamed; all those who are proud of their false gods should realize that their gods are useless, It is as though all those gods bow down to worship Yahweh.

⁸The people MTY of Jerusalem hear about Yahweh and are glad/happy, and people in the other MTY cities in Judah also rejoice, because Yahweh judges and punishes wicked people.

⁹Yahweh is the supreme king over all the earth; he has very great power, and all the other gods have no power at all.