Psalms 97:7 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 97:7

All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!

BSB

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ASV

Let all them be put to shame that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.

KJV

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Homily 73, on Psalm 96 (Alternate Series) (420)

"Let all be confounded who worship graven images." If the prophet is blessed, being blessed he never knew how to curse; and therefore in that which he says, "Let them be confounded," it is not against them, but for them: for he prays that they may be confounded in their error, and be converted to the true and only God, the Creator.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Let those be ashamed that serve graven images. (1.) This is a prayer for the conversion of the Gentiles, that those who have been so long serving dumb idols may be convinced of their error, ashamed of their folly, and may, by the power of Christ's gospel, be brought to serve the only living and true God, and may be as much ashamed of their idols as ever they were proud of them.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 4 (1874)

Confounded be all they that serve graven images, that boast themselves of idols. They shall be so; shame shall cover their faces, they shall blush to think of their former besotted boastings. When a man gravely worships what has been engraved by a man's hand, and puts his trust in a mere nothing and nonentity, he is indeed brutish, and when he is converted from such absurdity, he may well be ashamed. A man who worships an image is but the image of a man, his senses must have left him.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ׀	ye.Vo.shu	let them be ashamed	H954 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
עֹ֬בְדֵי	oe.dei	[those who] serve	H5647 →
פֶ֗סֶל	Fe.sel	<of> an image	H6459 →
הַמִּֽתְהַלְלִ֥ים	ha.mit.ha.Lim	those [who] boast	H1984 →
בָּאֱלִילִ֑ים	ba.'e.li.Lim	in <the> worthless idols	H457 →
הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ־	hish.ta.cha.vu-	bow down	H7812 →
ל֝וֹ	lo	to him
כָּל־	kol-	O all	H3605 →
אֱלֹהִֽים׃	'E.lo.Him	gods	H430 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 10:14
Every man is senseless and devoid of knowledge; every goldsmith is put to shame by his idols. For his molten images are a fraud, and there is no breath in them.
leads to
- Psalms 135:16–18
  They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see;
- Psalms 115:4–8
  Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men.
- Isaiah 46:7–8
  They lift it to their shoulder and carry it along; they set it in its place, and there it stands, not budging from that spot. They cry out to it, but it does not…
- Habakkuk 2:18–19
  What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.
- Isaiah 44:18–20
  They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand.
Through
Hebrews 1:6
And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
leads to
- 1 Peter 3:22
  who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
- Colossians 1:18
  And He is the head of the body, the church; He is the beginning and firstborn from among the dead, so that in all things He may have preeminence.
- Deuteronomy 32:43
  Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries…

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06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Psalms