Psalm 97:5

Translations

Modern

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Traditional

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

Literal

The mountains are melted like wax from before the face of YHWH, from before the face of the Lord of all the earth.

Latin

Montes sicut cera fluxerunt a facie Domini; a facie Domini omnis terra.

Original

Hebrew

English

The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, before the Lord of all the earth.

Notes

Psalms 97:5–7

All creation responds to the coming of its King. He alone deserves worship.

Psalms 97:1–12

God is greatly exalted over the gods and over all the earth. Awe-inspiring phenomena accompany his coming. Even the created order is visibly affected and the wicked perish, but the people of Zion love his coming and rejoice.

Psalms 93:1–100:5

These psalms challenge the doubts created by the exile (see Psalm 89) and answer the questions asked in Psalm 90:11, 13. The Lord has established a kingdom (Psalm 93) that is characterized by:

punishment of the wicked (Psalm 94),
respectful obedience among his people (Psalm 95),
justice for the poor (Psalm 96),
celebration in Zion (Psalm 97),
salvation for Israel (Psalm 98),
holiness (Psalm 99), and
praise (Psalm 100).

Theme notes and profiles

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Related verses

Nahum 1:5
The mountains quake before Him, and the hills melt away; the earth trembles at His presence—the world and all its dwellers.
Micah 1:3–4
For behold, the LORD comes forth from His dwelling place; He will come down and tread on the high places of the earth.
Isaiah 24:19–20
The earth is utterly broken apart, the earth is split open, the earth is shaken violently.
Isaiah 64:1–2
If only You would rend the heavens and come down, so that mountains would quake at Your presence,
Habakkuk 3:6
He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
Psalm 47:2
How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
Psalm 46:6
Nations rage, kingdoms crumble; the earth melts when He lifts His voice.
Joshua 3:11
Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth will go ahead of you into the Jordan.
Judges 5:4–5
O LORD, when You went out from Seir, when You marched from the land of Edom, the earth trembled, the heavens poured out rain, and the clouds poured down water.
Psalm 83:18
May they know that You alone, whose name is the LORD, are Most High over all the earth.
1 Corinthians 1:2
To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, their Lord and ours:
Micah 4:13
Rise and thresh, O Daughter of Zion, for I will give you horns of iron and hooves of bronze to break to pieces many peoples. Then you will devote their gain to the LORD, their wealth to the Lord of all the earth.

Glossary

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