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Psalm 97:7

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97:7All who worship idols are ashamed,

those who boast about worthless idols.

All the gods bow down before him.3

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  1. 3 The translation assumes that the prefixed verbal form in the first line is an imperfect (“are ashamed”) and that the ambiguous form in the third line is a perfect (“bow down”) because the psalmist appears to be describing the effect of the Lord’s mighty theophany on those who witness it (see vv. 5, 8). Another option is to take the prefixed form in the first line as a jussive (“let all who worship idols be ashamed”) and the ambiguous form in the third line as an imperative (“All you gods, bow down before him!”; cf. ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

All worshipers of images are put to shame,

who make their boast in worthless idols;

worship him, all you gods!

NIVNew International Version (2011)

All who worship images are put to shame,

those who boast in idols—

worship him, all you gods!

CSBChristian Standard Bible

All who serve carved images,

those who boast in worthless idols, will be put to shame.

All the gods must worship him.

NLTNew Living Translation

Those who worship idols are disgraced—

all who brag about their worthless gods—

for every god must bow to him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Let all who serve an image be ashamed,

those who boast about idols.

Worship him, all you gods.

KJV 1900King James Version

Confounded be all they that serve graven images,

That boast themselves of idols:

Worship him, all ye gods.