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Fire[a] precedes him,
    consuming his enemies on every side.
His flashes of lightnwing illumine the world;
    the earth sees this and trembles.
The mountains melt like wax before the Lord,
    before the Lord of all the earth.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 97:3 Fire: symbol of God’s wrath (see Pss 21:10; 50:3; 83:15; Deut 4:24; 1 Ki 19:12; Isa 10:17).

Fire(A) goes before(B) him
    and consumes(C) his foes on every side.
His lightning(D) lights up the world;
    the earth(E) sees and trembles.(F)
The mountains melt(G) like wax(H) before the Lord,
    before the Lord of all the earth.(I)

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