Psalm 97:1
Old Testament • 10 words with Strong's data
"The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מָלַךְ
mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
שָׂמַח
sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אִי
ʼîy
properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
שָׂמַח
sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
Key Terms in This Verse
מָלַךְ mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
Study H4427 →אִי ʼîy
properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island
Study H339 →שָׂמַח sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Study H8055 →שָׂמַח sâmach
probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
Study H8055 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →Cross References
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son:
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.
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
The LORD will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.
Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the LORD hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.
And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’s.
He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros,...
My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
The isles saw it, and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not he...
For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
Surely the isles shall wait for me, and the ships of Tarshish first, to bring thy sons from far, their silver and their gold with them, unto the name of the LORD thy God, and to the Holy One of Israel...
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