PSALM 97

    ¹The LORD reigns—let earth exult,

          let the many islands rejoice.

    ²Cloud and dense fog around Him,

          justice and judgment the base of His throne.

    ³Fire goes before Him

          and all round burns His foes.

    ⁴His lightnings lit up the world;

          the earth saw and quaked.

    ⁵Mountains melted like wax before the LORD,

          before the Master of all the earth.

    ⁶The heavens told His justice,

          and all peoples saw His glory.

    ⁷All idol worshippers are shamed,

          who boast of the ungods.

                All gods bow down to Him.

    ⁸Zion heard and rejoiced,

          and Judah’s villages exulted

                because of Your judgments, LORD.

    ⁹For You, LORD, are most high over all the earth;

          You are greatly exalted over all the gods.

    ¹⁰You who love the LORD, hate evil!

          He guards the lives of His faithful.

                From the hand of the wicked He saves them.

    ¹¹Light is sown for the just,

          and for the upright of heart there is joy.

    ¹²Rejoice, O you just, in the LORD,

          and acclaim His holy name.