Psalms 97

Adonai malakh tagel ha'arets yismekhu iyyim rabbim

GOD is sovereign! Let the earth exult, the many islands rejoice!

anan va'arafel sevivayw tsedeq umishpat mekhon kiso

Surrounded by dense clouds— righteousness and justice are the base of the heavenly throne.

esh lefanayw telekh utelahet saviv tsarayw

Fire is the vanguard, burning up foes on every side.

he'iru veraqayw tevel ra'atah vattakhel ha'arets

God’s lightnings light up the world; the earth is convulsed at the sight;

harim kaddonag namassu millifne Adonai millifne adon kol-ha'arets

mountains melt like wax at GOD’s presence, at the presence of the Sovereign of all the earth.

higgidu hashamayim tsidqo vera'u khol-ha'ammim kevodo

The heavens proclaim God’s righteousness and all peoples see God’s glory.

yevoshu kol-ovede fesel hammithalelim ba'elilim hishtakhavu-lo kol-elohim

All who worship images, who vaunt their idols, are dismayed; all divine beings bow down in homage.

shame'ah vattismakh tsiyyon vattagelenah benot yehudah lema'an mishpatekha Adonai

Zion, hearing it, rejoices, the towns of Judah exult, because of Your judgments, O ETERNAL One.

ki-attah Adonai elyon al-kol-ha'arets me'od na'aleta al-kol-elohim

For You, ETERNAL One, are supreme over all the earth; You are exalted high above all divine beings.

ohave Adonai sinu-ra shomer nafshot khasidayw miyyad resha'im yatsilem

O you who love GOD, hate evil! For the lives of the loyal are guarded; they are saved from the hand of the wicked.

or zarua latsaddiq uleyishre-lev simkhah

Light is sown for the righteous, radiance for the upright.

simkhu tsaddiqim ba-Adonai vehodu lezekher qodsho

O you righteous, rejoice in GOD and acclaim God’s holy name!