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Psalms 97:4 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 97:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 97:46 words
HebrewMeaning
הֵאִ֣ירוּhēʾiyrw
they light upverbH215
break of day · kindle · (be · en- ···
בְרָקָ֣י/וbərāqāyw
lightning flashes hisnounH1300
glitter · lightning
תֵּבֵ֑לtēbēl
the worldnounH8398
world
רָאֲתָ֖הrāʾătāh
it seesverbH7200
appear · approve · behold · certainly ···
וַ/תָּחֵ֣לwatāḥēl
and it trembledconjH2342
bring forth · calve · dance · drive away ···
הָ/אָֽרֶץhāʾāreṣ
the earthparticleH776
common · earth · field · ground ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 97:4

1. ...This Psalm is entitled, “A Psalm of David's, when his land was restored.” Let us refer the whole to Christ, if we wish to keep the road of a right understanding: let us not depart from the corner stone, Ephesians 2:20 lest our understanding suffer a fall: in Him let that become fixed, which wavered with unstable motion; let that rest upon Him, which before was waving to and fro in uncertainty. Whatever doubt a man has in his mind when he hears the Scriptures of God, let…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 97 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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