Psalm 97 - The Earth Rejoices at God's Reign
Fire, lightning, and melting hills mark this vision of God's kingship.
Psalm 97 pictures God's reign in dramatic natural imagery, 'a fire goeth before him,' 'the hills melted like wax,' continuing the enthronement theme begun in Psalms 96 with the declaration 'the LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice.'
The seuen and nyntithe salm hath no title. Singe ye a newe song to the Lord; for he hath do merueils. His riyt hond and his hooli arm; hath maad heelthe to hym.
The Lord hath maad knowun his heelthe; in the siyt of hethene men he hath schewid his riytfulnesse.
He bithouyte on his merci; and on his treuthe, to the hous of Israel. Alle the endis of erthe; sien the heelthe of oure God.
Al erthe, make ye hertli ioye to God; synge ye, and make ye ful out ioye, and seie ye salm.
Singe ye to the Lord in an harpe, in harpe and vois of salm;
in trumpis betun out with hamer, and in vois of a trumpe of horn. Hertli synge ye in the siyt of the Lord, the king; the see and the fulnesse therof be moued;
the world, and thei that dwellen therynne.
Flodis schulen make ioie with hond, togidere hillis schulen make ful out ioye, for siyt of the Lord;
for he cometh to deme the erthe. He schal deme the world in riytfulnesse; and puplis in equite.