Psalm 97:1 (WEB)
The LORD reigns! Let the earth rejoice! Let the multitude of islands be glad!
Fathers and councils · 4
Augustine of Hippo
“3. …“The Lord is King, let the earth be glad: yea, let the multitude of the isles be joyous” (ver. 1).” — the author cites it
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Athanasius of Alexandria
“For when death reigned, ‘sitting down by the rivers of Babylon, we wept,’ and mourned, because we felt the bitterness of captivity; but now that death and the kingdom of the devil is abolished, everything is entirely filled with joy and gladness.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvii. 1; cxxxvii. 1.
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Tertullian
“…He makes a promise to the earth, I would rather understand Him as promising the flesh; as in that passage of David: “The Lord is King, let the earth be glad,”—meaning the flesh of the saints, to which appertains the enjoyment of the kingdom of God.” — editor's note: Ps. xcvii. 1.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Also in the ninety-sixth Psalm: “The Lord hath reigned; let the earth rejoice; let the many isles be glad.”” — editor's note: Ps. xcvii. 1.
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Cross-references · 11
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
Cited together in On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 26.
