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All right, guys, welcome back to a new week at the Daily Blade. I'm just so pumped that you

guys are here and listening to this. Joby and I are very, very thankful for all of you. This

week, we're digging into one of my favorite Psalms, and that's Psalm 97. So we don't have a

definitive author of this Psalm, but most scholars tend to believe that this is another Psalm of David because it kind of meets some of those same Davidic standards and the things that he said in other Psalms.

But Psalm 97 is one of the enthronement Psalms.

So this includes Psalms 93 through 99.

So thematically, these Psalms celebrate the reign of the Lord as king.

So basically, all throughout this group of Psalms, we see a heavy emphasis on God's

sovereignty, his power, his justice, his majesty, so on and so forth. So let's go ahead and read

Psalm 97 in its entirety, and I'll be reading by, I'll be reading it in the English standard version.

So the name of it is the Lord reigns. Lord reigns, let the earth rejoice. Let the many coastlines

be glad. Clouds in thick darkness

are all around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne. Fire goes before him

and burns up his adversaries all around. His lightings light up the world. The earth sees and trembles.

The mountains melt like wax before the Lord, before the Lord of all the earth. The heavens proclaim his righteousness, and all the peoples see his glory. All worshippers of images are put to shame, who make their boast in worthless idols, worship him, all you gods. Zion hears and is glad, and the daughters of Judah rejoice, because of your judgments, O Lord. For you, O Lord, are most high over all the earth.

You are exalted far above all gods. Oh, you who love the Lord, hate evil. He preserves the lives

of his saints. He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. Light is sown for the righteous and joy

for the upright and heart. Rejoicing the Lord, oh you righteous, and give thanks

to his holy name. So, guys, there are many things that we can take from this particular psalm.

The psalm itself actually breaks down into three main sections. You probably started to notice that

a little bit. But section one is verses 1 through 6. So these focus on the glory of God that is

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