PSA 97:3 Parallel Verse View

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UST He sends fire in front of him,
⇔ and he completely burns all his enemies in that fire.

BSB Fire goes before Him
⇔ and consumes His foes on every side.

OEB Fire goes before him,
⇔ and blazes around his steps,

WEB A fire goes before him,
⇔ and burns up his adversaries on every side.

NET Fire goes before him;
 ⇔ on every side it burns up his enemies.

LSV Fire goes before Him,
And burns around His adversaries.

FBV Flames proceed him, burning up his enemies on every side.

T4T He sends fire in front of him,
⇔ and he completely burns all his enemies in that fire.

LEB • and devours his enemies round about.

BBE Fire goes before him, burning up all those who are against him round about.

MOF fire burns in front of him
⇔ and blazes round his steps,

JPS A fire goeth before Him, and burneth up His adversaries round about.

ASV A fire goeth before him,
 ⇔ And burneth up his adversaries round about.

DRA He hath remembered his mercy his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

YLT Fire before Him goeth, And burneth round about His adversaries.

DBY A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.

RV A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his adversaries round about.

WBS A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

KJB A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.
(A fire goeth/goes before him, and burneth up his enemies round about. )

BB There goeth a fire before his face: and burneth his enemies on euery syde.
(There goeth/goes a fire before his face: and burneth his enemies on every side.)

GNV There shall goe a fire before him, and burne vp his enemies round about.
(There shall go a fire before him, and burn up his enemies round about. )

CB There goeth a fyre before him, to burne vp his enemies on euery syde.
(There goeth/goes a fire before him, to burn up his enemies on every side.)

WYC He bithouyte on his merci; and on his treuthe, to the hous of Israel. Alle the endis of erthe; sien the heelthe of oure God.
(He bithouyte on his merci; and on his truth, to the house of Israel. All the endis of earth; sien the heelthe of our God.)

LUT Feuer gehet vor ihm her und zündet an umher seine Feinde.
(fire gehet before/in_front_of him her and zündet at umher his Feinde.)

CLV Recordatus est misericordiæ suæ, et veritatis suæ domui Israël. Viderunt omnes termini terræ salutare Dei nostri.[fn]
(Recordatus it_is misericordiæ suæ, and veritatis suæ domui Israël. Viderunt everyone termini terræ salutare God nostri.)

97.3 Misericordiæ et veritatis. AUG. Misericordia est quo promisit, hanc sequitur veritas, quia reddidit. Sed cui? Isræli, id est, qui modo per fidem videt veritatem, post per speciem.

97.3 Misericordiæ and veritatis. AUG. Misericordia it_is quo promisit, hanc sequitur veritas, because reddidit. But cui? Isræli, id it_is, who modo per faith videt words, after per speciem.

BRN He has remembered his mercy to Jacob, and his truth to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

BrLXX Ἐμνήσθη τοῦ ἐλέους αὐτοῦ τῷ Ἰακὼβ, καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας αὐτοῦ τῷ οἴκῳ Ἰσραήλ· εἴδοσαν πάντα τὰ πέρατα τῆς γῆς τὸ σωτήριον τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν.
(Emnaʸsthaʸ tou eleous autou tōi Yakōb, kai taʸs alaʸtheias autou tōi oikōi Israaʸl; eidosan panta ta perata taʸs gaʸs to sōtaʸrion tou theou haʸmōn. )

TTN Tyndale Theme Notes:

Darkness and Light

Darkness

Darkness is the absence of light. There was no light until God commanded that light appear. He then made a distinction between light and its absence (Gen 1:2, 4-5, 18). The ninth plague on Egypt was three days of intense darkness, a complete absence of light (Exod 10:21-23).

There is a darkness surrounding God (Exod 20:21; Deut 4:11; 5:23; 2 Sam 22:12; Ps 18:11; 97:2); he dwells in thick darkness (1 Kgs 8:12 // 2 Chr 6:1), and thick darkness is under his feet (2 Sam 22:10 // Ps 18:9). God is unknowable unless he reveals himself.

Darkness often stands for distress and anxiety, or for the confusion and destruction experienced by the wicked (Gen 15:12; Job 12:25; 19:8; Pss 35:6; 107:10, 14; Eccl 5:17; Isa 5:30).

For Job, darkness was like nothingness (Job 3:4-6). It points to death, a land of shadows and gloom, the dwelling place of the dead far from the light of day (Job 10:21-22; 17:12-13; Eccl 6:4).

Evil takes place under the cover of darkness (Job 24:16-17), but darkness cannot be a hiding place from God (Ps 139:11-12; Isa 29:15-16). Darkness often depicts ignorance of God’s will: Knowledge of God is “light,” so lack of knowledge is “darkness” (Job 12:24-25; Matt 4:16; John 1:5; 8:12; 12:35, 46; 1 Jn 1:5; 2:8-9, 11). Moral depravity is described as darkness (Prov 2:13; 4:19; Isa 5:20; 60:2). In the New Testament, darkness is also a metaphor for spiritual ignorance (Matt 4:16; 6:23; Luke 1:79; 11:35; Rom 2:19; Col 1:13). Those who come to know God come out of darkness (Isa 9:2).

A major theme of the Old Testament prophets was the Day of the Lord, which was often associated with darkness (Ezek 32:8; Joel 2:2, 31; Amos 5:18, 20; Zeph 1:15). The New Testament also links darkness with judgment (Matt 8:12; 22:13; 25:30; 2 Pet 2:17; Jude 1:6, 13).

Light

Light was the first thing God created after the heavens and earth (Gen 1:3; see also 1:16). It is a natural symbol for what is pleasant, good, or uplifting (Eccl 11:7; Jas 1:17). When the Israelites left Egypt, they were led by a pillar of cloud and fire that gave them light (Exod 13:21; 14:20) and showed them the way to go (Neh 9:19). Light symbolizes the blessing of the Lord (Job 12:22; 29:2-3; Pss 4:6; 18:28; 44:3; 118:27). God’s servants can extend this blessing by being a light to guide others (Isa 42:6; 49:6). God’s light also exposes sin and brings justice (see Ps 90:8; Isa 51:4).

God himself is described as light (Ps 27:1; Isa 60:19-20; Dan 2:22; 1 Jn 1:5), and he dwells in unapproachable light (see 1 Tim 6:16). Yet he brings his servants into the light (Mic 7:8-9; see also 1 Jn 1:7).

Jesus said, “I am the light of the world” (John 8:12; 9:5; 12:46). He brought a revelation (light) from God, but he was more than a revealer—he was himself that revelation (John 1:1-10). Those who receive Jesus, who believe in the Light, receive the right to become children of God (John 1:9-12). They are illumined by his light and come to know God and his salvation (Matt 4:16; Luke 2:32; Acts 13:47; 26:18). They are “children of the light” (John 12:36; 1 Thes 5:5), their allegiance is to the light (1 Jn 1:7), and their conduct is characterized by light—by “what is good and right and true” (Eph 5:8-9).

Passages for Further Study

Gen 1:3-5, 14-18; 15:12; Exod 10:21-23; 14:20; 20:21; 2 Sam 22:10-13; 1 Kgs 8:12; Job 3:3-7; 12:22-25; 15:22; 17:12-13; 34:22; Pss 18:11, 28; 27:1; 97:2-6; 139:11-12; Prov 2:13; 4:18-19; Eccl 11:7-8; Isa 5:20; 9:2; 29:15; 51:4; 60:2-3, 19-20; Dan 2:22; Mic 7:8-9; Matt 4:16; 6:22-23; 8:12; Luke 1:78-79; 2:32; John 1:4-9; 8:12; 9:5; 12:35-36, 46; Acts 13:47; 26:18; Rom 2:19-20; Eph 5:7-14; 1 Thes 5:5-8; 1 Tim 6:16; Jas 1:17; 2 Pet 2:17; 1 Jn 1:5-7; 2:7-11

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