Psalms 97

1 Yahweh, hath become king, Let the earth exult, Let the multitude of coastlands rejoice.

YHWH has reigned, The earth is joyful, many islands rejoice.

2 Clouds and thick darkness, are round about him, Righteousness and justice, are the establishing of his throne.

Cloud and darkness [are] around Him, Righteousness and judgment the basis of His throne.

3 Fire, before him, proceedeth, That it may consume, round about, his adversaries.

Fire goes before Him, And burns around His adversaries.

4 His lightnings, have illumined, the world, The earth, hath seen, and hath trembled;

His lightnings have lightened the world, The earth has seen, and is pained.

5 The mountains, like wax, have melted, At the presence of Yahweh, At the presence, of the Lord of all the earth.

Hills, like wax, melted before YHWH, Before the Lord of all the earth.

6 The heavens, have declared, his righteousness, —And all the peoples, have seen, his glory.

The heavens declared His righteousness, And all the peoples have seen His glory.

7 Let all who serve an image, be ashamed, They who boast themselves in things of nought, Bow down unto him, all ye gods.

All servants of a carved image are ashamed, Those boasting themselves in idols, Bow yourselves to Him, all you gods.

8 Zion, hath heard and rejoiced, And the daughters of Judah, have exulted, Because of thy righteous decisions, O Yahweh:

Zion has heard and rejoices, And daughters of Judah are joyful, Because of Your judgments, O YHWH.

9 For, thou, Yahweh, art Most High over all the earth, Greatly hast thou exalted thyself above all gods.

For You, YHWH, [are] Most High over all the earth, You have been exalted greatly over all gods.

10 Ye lovers of Yahweh! be haters of wrong, —He preserveth the lives of his men of lovingkindness, From the hand of the lawless, will he rescue them.

You who love YHWH, hate evil, He is keeping the souls of His saints, He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

11 Light, is sown for the righteous one, And, for the upright in heart, rejoicing:

Light [is] sown for the righteous, And joy for the upright of heart.

12 Rejoice, ye righteous, in Yahweh, And give ye thanks, at the mention of his holiness.

Rejoice, you righteous, in YHWH, And give thanks at the remembrance of His holiness!