New English Translation
Psalms 97:7
7All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him.
Psalms 97:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.
- New International Version (NIV)All who worship images are put to shame, those who boast in idols— worship him, all you gods!
- English Standard Version (ESV)All worshipers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols; worship him, all you gods!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let all be put to shame who serve carved images, Who boast of idols. Worship Him, all you gods.
Context of Psalms 97:7
5The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of the whole earth. 6The sky declares his justice, and all the nations see his splendor. All who worship idols are ashamed, those who boast about worthless idols. All the gods bow down before him. 8Zion hears and rejoices, the towns of Judah are happy, because of your judgments, O Lord. 9For you, O Lord, are the sovereign king over the whole earth; you are elevated high above all gods.
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יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ׀ כָּל־עֹ֬בְדֵי פֶ֗סֶל הַמִּֽתְהַלְלִ֥ים בָּאֱלִילִ֑ים הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־ל֝וֹ כָּל־אֱלֹהִֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 97:7
- Exodus 20:4“You shall not make for yourself a carved image or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above or that is on the earth beneath or that is in the water below.
- Leviticus 26:1“‘You must not make for yourselves idols, so you must not set up for yourselves a carved image or a pillar, and you must not place a sculpted stone in your land to bow down before it, for I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 5:8You must not make for yourself an image of anything in heaven above, on earth below, or in the waters beneath.
- Deuteronomy 27:15‘Cursed is the one who makes a carved or metal image – something abhorrent to the Lord, the work of the craftsman – and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’
- Isaiah 37:18It is true, Lord, that the kings of Assyria have destroyed all the nations and their lands.
- Isaiah 41:29Look, all of them are nothing, their accomplishments are nonexistent; their metal images lack any real substance.
- Isaiah 42:17Those who trust in idols will turn back and be utterly humiliated, those who say to metal images, ‘You are our gods.’”
- Isaiah 44:9All who form idols are nothing; the things in which they delight are worthless. Their witnesses cannot see; they recognize nothing, so they are put to shame.
- Jeremiah 10:14All these idolaters will prove to be stupid and ignorant. Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made. For the image he forges is merely a sham. There is no breath in any of those idols.
- Revelation 14:8A second angel followed the first, declaring: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great city! She made all the nations drink of the wine of her immoral passion.”
- Exodus 25:20The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.
- 2 Chronicles 3:13The combined wingspan of these cherubim was 30 feet. They stood upright, facing inward.
- Hebrews 1:6But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”
- 1 Peter 1:12They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven – things angels long to catch a glimpse of.
- Revelation 5:11Then I looked and heard the voice of many angels in a circle around the throne, as well as the living creatures and the elders. Their number was ten thousand times ten thousand – thousands times thousands –
Commentaries on Psalms 97:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Confounded be fell they - Rather, They shall be confounded that boast themselves in idols. There is a remarkable play on the letters here, המתהללים hammithhalelim, who move like madmen; referring to the violent gestures practiced in idolatrous rites. Of idols - באלילים baelilim, in vanities, emptinesses; who "make much ado about nothing," and take a mad and painful pleasure in ridiculous and unprofitable ceremonies of religion. Worship him - Who? Jesus…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Confounded be all they that serve graven images - Hebrew, “Let them be ashamed.” The idea is, that they would be disappointed. They would find that these were not real gods; that their trust in them was vain; and that they had evinced great folly in relying on that which could not aid them in the day of necessity. See Job 6:20, note; Psalm 22:5, note; Psalm 25:2, note. Compare Isaiah 20:5. What is here affirmed of the worshippers of idols will be found to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7At the Lord’s coming, when every god must bow to him, those who worship other gods will face their own foolishness (see Psalm 95:3–5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. Idolaters are utterly put to shame, for if angels must worship Him, how much more those who worshipped them. all ye gods--literally, "all ye angels" (Psa 8:5; 138:1; He 1:6; 2:7). Paul quotes, not as a prophecy, but as language used in regard to the Lord Jehovah, who in the Old Testament theophania is the second person of the Godhead.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 97
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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