Psalms 97:2-7 in English

² Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his adversaries round about.

⁴ His lightnings lightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

⁵ The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, And all the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷ Let all them be put to shame that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.

² The Lord has made known his salvation, he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

³ He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, and his truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴ Shout to God, all the earth; sing, and exult, and sing psalms.

⁵ Sing to the Lord with a harp, with a harp, and the voice of a psalm.

⁶ With trumpets of metal, and the sound of a trumpet of horn make a joyful noise to the Lord before the king.

⁷ Let the sea be moved, and the fulness of it; the world, and they that dwell in it.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

⁴ His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

⁵ The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

⁷ Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

⁴ His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

⁵ The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

⁷ Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

² The Lord has made known his salvation, he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

³ He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, and his truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴ Shout to God, all the earth; sing, and exult, and sing psalms.

⁵ Sing to the Lord with a harp, with a harp, and the voice of a psalm.

⁶ With trumpets of metal, and the sound of a trumpet of horn make a joyful noise to the Lord before the king.

⁷ Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it; the world, and they that dwell in it.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.

⁴ His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

⁵ The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth;

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷ Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

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

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

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

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

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

⁷ Everyone 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.

² The Lord has made known his salvation, he has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

³ He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, and his truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴ Shout to God, all the earth; sing, and exult, and sing psalms.

⁵ Sing to the Lord with a harp, with a harp, and the voice of a psalm.

⁶ With trumpets of metal, and the sound of a trumpet of horn make a joyful noise to the Lord before the king.

⁷ Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it; the world, and they that dwell in it.

² Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷ Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

² Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷ Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

² Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷ Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

² Dark clouds are round him; his kingdom is based on righteousness and right judging.

³ Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

⁴ His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.

⁵ The mountains became like wax at the coming of the Lord, at the coming of the Lord of all the earth.

⁶ The heavens gave out the news of his righteousness, and all the people saw his glory.

⁷ Shamed be all those who give worship to images, and take pride in false gods; give him worship, all you gods.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him; righteousness and judgment are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.

⁴ His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

⁵ The mountains melted like wax at the presence of Jehovah, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory.

⁷ Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols. Worship him, all ye gods.

² The Lord hath made known his salvation: he hath revealed his justice in the sight of the Gentiles.

³ He hath remembered his mercy his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴ Sing joyfully to God, all the earth; make melody, rejoice and sing.

⁵ Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm:

⁶ With long trumpets, and sound of comet. Make a joyful noise before the Lord our king:

⁷ Let the sea be moved and the fulness thereof: the world and they that dwell therein.

² He is surrounded by clouds and thick darkness; his throne is founded on justice and right.

³ Flames proceed him, burning up his enemies on every side.

⁴ His flashes of lightning light up the world; the earth watches and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax in the presence of the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth.

⁶ The heavens proclaim his goodness; everyone sees his glory.

⁷ All those who worship idols are humiliated, those who are proud of their idols—for all “gods” bow down before him.

² Cloudes and darkenes are round about him: righteousnesse and iudgement are the foundation of his throne.

³ There shall goe a fire before him, and burne vp his enemies round about.

⁴ His lightnings gaue light vnto the worlde: the earth sawe it and was afraide.

⁵ The mountaines melted like waxe at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heauens declare his righteousnes, and all the people see his glory.

⁷ Confounded be all they that serue grauen images, and that glory in idoles: worship him all ye gods.

² Clouds and darkness are round about Him; righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.

³ A fire goeth before Him, and burneth up His adversaries round about.

⁴ His lightnings lighted up the world; the earth saw, and trembled.

⁵ The mountains melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declared His righteousness, and all the peoples saw His glory.

⁷ Ashamed be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of things of nought; bow down to Him, all ye gods.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

³ A fire goeth before him, And burneth up his enemies round about.

⁴ His lightnings enlightened the world: The earth saw, and trembled.

⁵ The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, And all the people see his glory.

⁷ Confounded be all they that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.

² Clouds and thick darkness are round about him: righteousness and justice are the support of his throne.

³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up round about his adversaries.

⁴ His lightnings give light to the world: the earth seeth it, and trembleth.

⁵ The mountains melt away like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.

⁶ The heavens tell of his righteousness, and all the people his glory.

⁷ Made ashamed shall be all that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: unto him bow down all the gods.

² The Lord has made known his salvation, He has revealed his righteousness in the sight of the nations.

³ He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, And his truth to the house of Israel; All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴ Shout to God, all the earth; Sing, and exult, and sing psalms.

⁵ Sing to the Lord with a harp, With a harp, and the voice of a psalm.

⁶ With trumpets of metal, and the sound of a trumpet of horn Make a joyful noise to the Lord before the king.

⁷ Let the sea be moved, and the fullness of it; The world, and they that dwell in it.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him; Justice and equity are the foundation of his throne.

³ Before him goeth a fire, Which burneth up his enemies around.

⁴ His lightnings illumine the world; The earth beholdeth and trembleth.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, And all nations behold his glory.

⁷ Confounded be they who worship graven images, Who glory in idols! To him, all ye gods, bow down!

² Clouds and darkness are round about him, justice and right are the base of his throne.

³ Fire goes before him, and blazes around his steps,

⁴ his lightnings illumine the world: the earth quakes at the sight.

⁵ Mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth.

⁶ The heavens proclaim his justice, all nations behold his glory.

⁷ Shamed are all image-worshippers, who make a boast of their idols. All the gods bow before him.

² Clouds and darkness are round about him, justice and right are the base of his throne.

³ Fire goes before him, and blazes around his steps,

⁴ his lightnings illumine the world: the earth quakes at the sight.

⁵ Mountains melt like wax before the Lord of all the earth.

⁶ The heavens proclaim his justice, all nations behold his glory.

⁷ Shamed are all image-worshippers, who make a boast of their idols. All the gods bow before him.

² Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and mishpat ·justice· are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Adonai , at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his kavod ·weighty glory·.

⁷ Let all them be shamed who abad ·serve· engraved images, who boast in their idols. Hawa ·Bow low, prostrate· to worship him, all you angels!

² Clouds and darkness surround him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ Fire goes before him and consumes his adversaries on every side.

⁴ His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax before Yahweh, the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The skies declare his justice, and all the nations see his glory.

⁷ All those who worship carved figures will be shamed, those who boast in worthless idols— bow down to him, all you gods!

² Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of Yahweh, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷ Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

² Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷ Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

² Clouds and darkness surround him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

³ A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

⁴ His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

⁵ The hills melted like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the LORD of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.

⁷ Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols; worship him, all ye gods.

² Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷ Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

² Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.

³ A fire goes before him, and burns up his adversaries on every side.

⁴ His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.

⁵ The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.

⁶ The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.

⁷ Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!

² Cloud and darkness in his compass; rightfulness or rightwiseness and doom is the amending or correction of his seat.

³ Fire shall go before him; and shall enflame, either set afire, his enemies in compass.

⁴ His lightnings shined to the world; the earth saw, and was moved.

⁵ Hills as wax floated or flowed down from the face of the Lord; all earth from the face of the Lord.

⁶ Heavens told his rightfulness or rightwiseness; and all peoples saw his glory.

⁷ All they that worship graven things, or images, be shamed, and they that have glory in their simu-lacra; all ye angels of the Lord, worship him.

² Cloud and darkness in his compass; rightfulness and doom is the amending of his seat. (Clouds and darkness surround him; righteousness and justice be the foundation of his throne.)

³ Fire shall go before him; and shall enflame, either set afire, his enemies in compass. (Fire shall go before him; and shall set his enemies aflame, all around him.)

⁴ His lightnings shined to the world; the earth saw, and was moved, (or the earth saw it, and trembled).

⁵ Hills as wax floated down from the face of the Lord; all earth from the face of the Lord. (The hills flowed down like wax before the Lord; before the Lord of all the earth.)

⁶ Heavens told his rightfulness; and all peoples saw his glory. (The heavens told out his righteousness; and all the peoples saw his glory.)

⁷ All they that worship graven things, or images, be shamed, and they that have glory in their simulacra; all ye angels of the Lord, worship him. (All those who worship carved images, be put to shame, and they who have glory in their idols; and all ye gods, worship him.)

² Cloud and darkness are round about Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.

³ Fire before Him goeth, And burneth round about His adversaries.

⁴ Lightened have His lightnings the world, The earth hath seen, and is pained.

⁵ Hills, like wax, melted before Jehovah, Before the Lord of all the earth.

⁶ The heavens declared His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His honour.

⁷ Ashamed are all servants of a graven image, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to him, all ye gods.