Psalms 97:11 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 97:11

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

KJV

Parallel translations

4 additional translations

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ASV

Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

WEB

Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

YLT

Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart--joy.

DBT

Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

30 verses on the floor

John 8:12
Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Isaiah 58:8
Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.
James 5:7–11
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain.
John 12:46
I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices3

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Establishment of Christ's Kingdom. 1 The L ORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

Let gratitude for the blessings of providence and grace incite saints (Ps 4:3) to holy living. Spiritual blessings are in store, represented by light (Ps 27:1) and gladness.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

): Light is sown for the righteous, that is, gladness for the upright in heart. The subjects of Christ's kingdom are told to expect tribulation in the world.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Words5

Word trails from this verse

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

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 97:11PRO 4:18 JHN 8:12
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PSA 97:11JOB 22:28 MAT 21:22
PSA 97:11JOB 22:28 PSA 90:17
PSA 97:11PRO 4:18 JOB 11:17
PSA 97:11JOB 22:28 PSA 20:4
PSA 97:11PRO 4:18 DAN 12:3
PSA 97:11JHN 12:46 PSA 36:9
PSA 97:11PRO 4:18 PHP 2:15

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

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