02/21/26 AM TARZANA - THE SOVEREIGN GOD WHO RULES OVER ALL -Gary Derechinsky

Psalm 97 instructs all to prepare for the coming of the Lord. The very first phrase of the first verse restates what was stated in the previous Psalm (96:10,11) and expands on its closing verse, "...for He (the Lord) comes, He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His truth." The word earth (97:1) is the Hebrew word אֶרֶץ (eretz) meaning "land" and refers to the Land of Israel and its people, the Jewish people, while "distant shores" ("many isles"