Psalm 97:4 {96:4}
Good News Translation
His lightning lights up the world; the earth sees it and trembles.

New Revised Standard Version
His lightnings light up the world; the earth sees and trembles.

Contemporary English Version
and his lightning is so bright that the earth sees it and trembles.

New American Bible
His lightning illumines the world; the earth sees and trembles.

Douay-Rheims Bible
His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and trembled.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and trembled.

his

Psalm 77:18 The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.

Psalm 144:5,6 Lord, bow down thy heavens and descend: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. . . .

Exodus 19:16-18 And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared: and behold thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud; and the people that was in the camp, feared. . . .

the earth

Psalm 104:32 He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he troubleth the mountains, and they smoke.

Psalm 114:7 At the presence of the Lord the earth was moved, at the presence of the God of Jacob:

Job 9:6 Who shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

Jeremiah 10:10 But the Lord is the true God: he is the living God, and the everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his threatening.

Matthew 27:50,51 And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost. . . .

Matthew 28:2,3 And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and coming rolled back the stone and sat upon it. . . .

Revelation 11:19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven: and the ark of his testament was seen in his temple. And there were lightnings and voices and an earthquake and great hail.

Revelation 19:11 And I saw heaven opened: and behold a white horse. And he that sat upon him was called faithful and true: and with justice doth he judge and fight.

Context
Let the Earth Rejoice
3A fire shall go before him, and shall burn his enemies round about. 4His lightnings have shone forth to the world: the earth saw and trembled.5The mountains melted like wax, at the presence of the Lord: at the presence of the Lord of all the earth.…
Cross References
Exodus 19:16
And now the third day was come, and the morning appeared: and behold thunders began to be heard, and lightning to flash, and a very thick cloud to cover the mount, and the noise of the trumpet sounded exceeding loud; and the people that was in the camp, feared.

2 Samuel 22:8
The earth shook and trembled, the foundations of the mountains were moved, and shaken, because he was angry with them.

Psalm 77:18
The voice of thy thunder in a wheel. Thy lightnings enlightened the world: the earth shook and trembled.

Psalm 96:9
Adore ye the Lord in his holy court. Let all the earth be moved at his presence.

Psalm 104:32
He looketh upon the earth, and maketh it tremble: he troubleth the mountains, and they smoke.

Psalm 97:3
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