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Psalm 97:6
The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
4His lightning lights up the world. The earth sees, and trembles.
5The mountains melt like wax at the presence of the LORD, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
6The heavens declare his righteousness. All the peoples have seen his glory.
7Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!
8Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced because of your judgments, LORD.
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The heavens declare God’s righteousness before the verse turns to all peoples, giving his glory a reach far beyond any one person’s sight.
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Psalm 24:7Lift up your heads, you gates! Be lifted up, you everlasting doors, and the King of glory will come in.Glory belongs to God in both psalms: one announces the King’s entrance, while the other declares that all peoples have seen his glory.
Psalm 50:6The heavens shall declare his righteousness, for God himself is judge. Selah.Both passages say the heavens declare God’s righteousness, and Psalm 50 names God himself as judge.
Isaiah 66:18“For I know their works and their thoughts. The time comes that I will gather all nations and languages, and they will come, and will see my glory.Both passages speak of peoples seeing God’s glory, with Isaiah describing nations and languages gathered to see it.
Psalm 89:5The heavens will praise your wonders, LORD, your faithfulness also in the assembly of the holy ones.The heavens speak God’s praise in both passages, declaring his righteousness here and praising his wonders in Psalm 89.
Psalm 19:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The heavens declare the glory of God. The expanse shows his handiwork.Both psalms describe the heavens declaring something about God: his righteousness in Psalm 97 and his glory in Psalm 19.
2 Samuel 22:47The LORD lives! Blessed be my rock! Exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,Both honor God’s greatness, though Samuel’s passage praises him for salvation rather than describing the heavens or all peoples.
Isaiah 40:5The LORD’s glory shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together; for the mouth of the LORD has spoken it.”Both passages describe God’s glory being seen across humanity, with Isaiah expressing this as a promise the Lord has spoken.
Isaiah 6:3One called to another, and said, “Holy, holy, holy, is the LORD of Armies! The whole earth is full of his glory!”God’s glory has an earth-wide reach in both texts: all peoples see it, and the whole earth is full of it.
Revelation 19:2for his judgments are true and righteous. For he has judged the great prostitute who corrupted the earth with her sexual immorality, and he has avenged the …Both proclaim God’s righteousness, with Revelation naming it in his judgments against corruption and the shedding of his servants’ blood.
Isaiah 45:6that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is no one besides me. I am the LORD, and there is no one else.Both describe God being known beyond one place or people, through visible glory in the psalm and recognition of his supremacy in Isaiah.
Romans 3:25whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s …Both texts speak of God’s righteousness being made known, though they describe different ways it is shown.
Matthew 6:9Pray like this: “‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.The shared thread is limited to heaven: the psalm describes the heavens declaring righteousness, while the prayer addresses the Father in heaven.
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The lightning and trembling earth in the surrounding lines make this declaration weighty. The Lord whose presence melts mountains is righteous, and his glory reaches all peoples.
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