诗篇 97:4

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

他的閃電照亮世界，大地看見了就戰慄。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
他 的 闪 电 光 照 世 界 ， 大 地 看 见 便 震 动 。

Contextual Overview

¹ The Lord is king. Let the earth rejoice; faraway lands should be glad. ² Thick, dark clouds surround him. His kingdom is built on what is right and fair. ³ A fire goes before him and burns up his enemies all around. ⁴ His lightning lights up the world; when the people see it, they tremble. ⁵ The mountains melt like wax before the Lord , before the Lord of all the earth. ⁶ The heavens tell about his goodness, and all the people see his glory. ⁷ Those who worship idols should be ashamed; they brag about their gods. All the gods should worship the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

His: Psalms 77:18, Psalms 144:5, Psalms 144:6, Exodus 19:16-18

the earth: Psalms 104:32, Psalms 114:7, Job 9:6, Jeremiah 10:10, Matthew 27:50, Matthew 27:51, Matthew 28:2, Matthew 28:3, Revelation 11:19, Revelation 19:11

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 7:10 - thundered 2 Samuel 22:8 - the earth Job 37:3 - He Psalms 18:12 - At the Psalms 50:3 - it shall Psalms 99:1 - people Psalms 148:9 - Mountains Jeremiah 4:24 - mountains Nahum 1:5 - mountains Habakkuk 3:10 - mountains Zechariah 14:5 - the Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

His lightnings enlightened the world,.... Either the doctrines of the Gospel, compared thereunto, because of the swift progress they made, and the large extent of them in the world, in a very little time; by the apostles they were published in all nations, and were the means of enlightening them in the true knowledge of themselves, and of the way of salvation by Christ: hence they are called the "lights of the world", Matthew 5:14, as the coming of Christ, in his kingdom and power, by them, is compared to lightning, and so are the arrows of his word,

Matthew 24:27, or else his judgments on the Jewish nation are meant, which were manifest and clear, and obvious to all the world; see

Psalms 18:14,

the earth saw, and trembled; the inhabitants of the earth, of the Gentile world, saw the judgments of God upon the Jews, and were astonished at them; see Deuteronomy 29:24, it is usual for lightnings and earthquakes to go together; see Revelation 11:19.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

His lightnings enlightened the world ... - See the notes at Psalms 77:18. Compare Psalms 104:32; Habakkuk 3:6-10.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 97:4. His lightnings enlightened the world — Though this be no more than a majestic description of the coming of the Lord, to confound his enemies and succour his followers, yet some spiritualize the passage, and say, the lightnings signify the apostles, who enlightened the world by their heavenly doctrine.

The earth saw, and trembled. — The earth is represented as a sentient being. It saw the terrible majesty of God; and trembled through terror, fearing it should be destroyed on account of the wickedness of its inhabitants.