Psalms 97:8

"Let all them be shamed who serve engraved images, who boast in their idols. Worship him, all you gods!"

Key Reflection

In Psalms 97:8, the psalmist calls out those who worship carved images and boast in their idols, declaring that they should be ashamed of such practices. The command to “worship him, all you gods!” is a striking call for divine unity, likely referring to Yahweh as the one true God among many deities worshipped by other nations. This verse reflects the Israelites’ belief in monotheism and their conviction that only the true God should be worshiped, contrasting sharply with the polytheistic practices prevalent in neighboring cultures like those of Egypt or Babylon.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Zion heard, and was glad -The good news came to Zion that all the idols of the pagan were confounded or were overcome: that is, that the Lord reigned. There was joy in Zion that the evils and abominations of idolatry were at an end, and that the worship of Yahweh had taken the place of idol-worship. The idea is, that the displacement of idols, or the fact that they had ceased to be worshipped, was a cause of joy to the worshippers of the true God. Whatever tends to remove the worship of idols from the world, and to extend and establish the worship of the living God, is an occasion of gladness. And the daughters of Judah rejoiced ... -See the notes atPsalms 48:11.

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