诗篇 97:5

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

在耶和華面前，就是在全地的主面前，群山都像蠟一般融化。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
诸 山 见 耶 和 华 的 面 ， 就 是 全 地 之 主 的 面 ， 便 消 化 如 蜡 。

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

hills: Judges 5:4, Judges 5:5, Isaiah 24:19, Isaiah 24:20, Isaiah 64:1, Isaiah 64:2, Micah 1:3, Micah 1:4, Nahum 1:5, Habakkuk 3:6

the Lord of: Psalms 47:2, Psalms 83:18, Isaiah 54:5, Micah 4:13, Zechariah 4:14, Mark 11:3, 1 Corinthians 1:2

Reciprocal: Psalms 46:6 - earth Psalms 50:3 - it shall Psalms 68:2 - as wax Psalms 95:4 - the strength of the hills is his also Psalms 104:32 - looketh Psalms 114:7 - Tremble Psalms 148:9 - Mountains Amos 9:13 - the hills Habakkuk 3:10 - mountains 2 Peter 3:10 - melt

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord,.... Kimchi interprets the "hills" of the kings of the wicked; and it was verified in Herod and his nobles, and the citizens of Jerusalem, who, when they heard of the coming of the Messiah, of the birth of the King of the Jews, were exceedingly moved and troubled; their hearts melted like wax within them, Matthew 2:1, so when he appeared, in the power of his Gospel, in the Gentile world, and went forth in the ministration of it, conquering, and to conquer, all fled before him; every mountain and island were moved out of their places; and the kings of the earth, and great men, ran to the rocks to hide them from his face, which they could not bear, Revelation 6:14, and the like events, and more terrible, will they be, when he comes to destroy antichrist, and especially to judge the world, Revelation 16:19

at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth; as Christ is; he is Lord of all, the Prince of the kings of the earth, Acts 10:36 Revelation 1:5, and as he will show himself to be at the great day; and that is the reason why the proud and lofty, comparable to hills and mountains, shall melt at his presence.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord - They seemed to flow down as if they were like melted wax: that is, they could not stand before him. The most firm, solid, lofty things were as nothing in his presence. Compare Revelation 20:11; Judges 5:5; Micah 1:4; Nahum 1:5. The object here is to describe the sublimity, the greatness, the majesty of God, as if nothing could stand before him; as if everything fled away when he approached. There is perhaps a general allusion to his glory and power as manifested at Sinai.

At the presence of the Lord of the whole earth - The Creator and Ruler of the entire world. The God who thus manifested himself is not a local Deity, or the God of a particular nation or country, but the God of the whole world, before whom all created things are as nothing.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 97:5. The hills melted like wax — The fire of God seized on and liquefied them, so that they no longer opposed his march; and the mountains before him became a plain.

The Lord of the whole earth. — אדון כל הארץ adon col haarets, the Director, Stay, and Support of the whole earth. The universal Governor, whose jurisdiction is not confined to any one place; but who, having created all, governs all that he has made.