Psalm 97

English Standard Version

The Lord Reigns

97 ^(A)The Lord reigns, ^(B)let the earth rejoice;
    let the many ^(C)coastlands be glad!
²^(D)Clouds and thick darkness are all around him;
    ^(E)righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
³^(F)Fire goes before him
    and burns up his adversaries all around.
⁴His ^(G)lightnings light up the world;
    the earth sees and ^(H)trembles.
⁵The mountains ^(I)melt like ^(J)wax before the Lord,
    before ^(K)the Lord of all the earth.

⁶^(L)The heavens proclaim his righteousness,
    and all ^(M)the peoples see his glory.
⁷All worshipers of images are ^(N)put to shame,
    who make their boast in ^(O)worthless idols;
    ^(P)worship him, all you gods!

⁸Zion hears and ^(Q)is glad,
    and the daughters of Judah rejoice,
    because of your judgments, O Lord.
⁹For you, O Lord, are ^(R)most high over all the earth;
    you are exalted far above ^(S)all gods.

¹⁰O you who love the Lord, ^(T)hate evil!
    He ^(U)preserves the lives of his ^(V)saints;
    he ^(W)delivers them from the hand of the wicked.
¹¹^(X)Light ^(Y)is sown^[a] for the righteous,
    and joy for the upright in heart.
¹²^(Z)Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous,
    and ^(AA)give thanks to his holy name!

Footnotes

Psalm 97:11 Most Hebrew manuscripts; one Hebrew manuscript, Septuagint, Syriac, Jerome Light dawns

Exodus 33:1-6

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The Command to Leave Sinai

33 The Lord said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you ^(A)and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, saying, ‘To ^(B)your offspring I will give it.’ ²I will send an ^(C)angel before you, ^(D)and I will drive out the Canaanites, the Amorites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites. ³^(E)Go up to a land flowing with milk and honey; ^(F)but I will not go up among you, ^(G)lest I consume you on the way, for you are a ^(H)stiff-necked people.”

⁴When the people heard this disastrous word, they ^(I)mourned, and ^(J)no one put on his ornaments. ⁵For the Lord had said to Moses, “Say to the people of Israel, ‘You are a ^(K)stiff-necked people; if for a single moment I should go up among you, I would ^(L)consume you. So now ^(M)take off your ornaments, that I may know what to do with you.’” ⁶Therefore the people of Israel stripped themselves of their ornaments, from Mount Horeb onward.

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Philippians 3:13-4:1

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¹³Brothers, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: ^(A)forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, ¹⁴I press on toward the goal for ^(B)the prize of the upward ^(C)call of God in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵Let those of us who are ^(D)mature think this way, and if in anything ^(E)you think otherwise, ^(F)God will reveal that also to you. ¹⁶Only ^(G)let us hold true to what we have attained.

¹⁷Brothers, ^(H)join in imitating me, and keep your eyes on those who walk ^(I)according to the example you have in us. ¹⁸For ^(J)many, of whom I have often told you and now tell you ^(K)even with tears, walk as enemies of the cross of Christ. ¹⁹^(L)Their end is destruction, ^(M)their god is their belly, and ^(N)they glory in their shame, with ^(O)minds set on earthly things. ²⁰But ^(P)our citizenship is in heaven, and ^(Q)from it we ^(R)await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, ²¹who will transform ^(S)our lowly body ^(T)to be like his glorious body, ^(U)by the power that enables him even ^(V)to subject all things to himself.