Psalm 97:4

His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

Cross-reference

Psalm 114:7 Parallel

Psalm 114:7 calls the earth to tremble at God's presence, matching the earth's trembling in Psalm 97:4.

Psalm 77:18 Parallel

Psalm 77:18 uses identical imagery of lightning lighting the world and earth trembling, reinforcing the theophany.

Psalm 104:32 echoes the earth trembling at God's look, similar to the earth trembling at his lightning in Psalm 97:4.

Psalm 18:12 Parallel

In Psalm 18:12, brightness and hailstones accompany God's appearance, a theophany similar to the lightning in Psalm 97:4.

Psalm 50:3 Parallel

In Psalm 50:3, God comes with devouring fire and tempest, paralleling the lightning and trembling of Psalm 97:4.

Psalm 99:1 Parallel

In Psalm 99:1, the earth's trembling is linked to the LORD's reign, reinforcing the theophanic imagery of divine presence.

In Revelation 11:19, lightning and an earthquake appear in God's temple, paralleling the lightning and trembling earth of Psalm 97:4.

Exodus 19:16–18 Historical context

Exodus 19:16-18 describes the Sinai theophany with lightning and the mountain trembling, directly paralleling the earth trembling at God's lightning.

In Matthew 28:3, the angel's appearance is like lightning, directly echoing the lightning imagery of Psalm 97:4.

Job 37:3 Parallel

In Job 37:3, God's lightning reaches the earth's corners, directly paralleling the lightning imagery of Psalm 97:4.

Nahum 1:5 Parallel

Nahum 1:5 explicitly says the earth trembles and mountains melt before God, directly paralleling the lightning and trembling in Psalm 97:4.

Habakkuk 3:10 says mountains saw God and writhed, mirroring the earth seeing and trembling in Psalm 97:4.

In 2 Samuel 22:8, the earth reels and trembles at God's anger, directly matching the earth's trembling in Psalm 97:4.

Jeremiah 4:24 describes mountains quaking in judgment, similar to the earth trembling at God's lightning in Psalm 97:4.

In Matthew 27:51, the earth quakes at Jesus' death, echoing the trembling earth in Psalm 97:4 as a sign of divine presence.

In Matthew 28:2, an earthquake accompanies the resurrection, mirroring the earth's trembling at God's lightning in Psalm 97:4.

In 1 Samuel 7:10, the Lord thunders against the Philistines, a theophany similar to the lightning and trembling in Psalm 97:4.