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1The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. …
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. …
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)What was to be said among the heathen in the foregoing psalm (Ps. 96:10) is here said again (Ps. 97:1) and is made the subject of this psalm, and of Ps. 99:1-9. The Lord reigns ; that is the great truth here laid down. The Lord Jehovah reigns, he that made the world governs it; he that gave being gives motion and power, gives law and commission, gives success and event. Every man’s judgment procee…
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