KJV King James Version
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad [thereof].
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Psalm 97:1
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad [thereof].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD reigns, let the earth rejoice; let the distant shores be glad.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah reigneth; let the earth rejoice; Let the multitude of isles be glad.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah hath reigned, The earth is joyful, many isles rejoice.
Surrounding context — Psalm 97
1 The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad [thereof].
2 Clouds and darkness [are] round about him: righteousness and judgment [are] the habitation of his throne.
3 A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
4 His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
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Psalm 96:10-11Say 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.Psalm 99:1The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.Colossians 1:13Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated [us] into the kingdom of his dear Son:Psalm 98:4-6Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise.Psalm 93:1The 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.Revelation 11:17Saying, 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.Mark 11:10Blessed [be] the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.Isaiah 24:14-16They shall lift up their voice, they shall sing for the majesty of the LORD, they shall cry aloud from the sea.Isaiah 49:13Sing, 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.Isaiah 60:9Surely 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, because he hath glorified thee.Isaiah 41:5The isles saw [it], and feared; the ends of the earth were afraid, drew near, and came.Isaiah 51:5My 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.Obadiah 1:21And saviours shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.Isaiah 42:4He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.Isaiah 66:19And 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 heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.Matthew 6:10Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as [it is] in heaven.Psalm 2:11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.Isaiah 11:11And 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, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.
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