Psalm 97

This article is about Psalm 97 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 97 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 98.

Psalm 97
"The Lord is King"
Hymn psalm
Psalm 97 in the Psalter of Eleanor of Aquitaine (ca. 1185)
Other name
  • Psalm 96 (Vulgate)
  • "Dominus regnavit exultet terra"
LanguageHebrew (original)
Psalm 97
BookBook of Psalms
Hebrew Bible partKetuvim
Order in the Hebrew part1
CategorySifrei Emet
Christian Bible partOld Testament
Order in the Christian part19

Psalm 97 is the 97th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in the English of the King James Version: "The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice", also as "The Lord is King". The Book of Psalms is part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In Latin, it is known as "Dominus regnavit exultet terra". The psalm is a hymn psalm; the Jerusalem Bible calls it an "eschatological hymn".

The slightly different numbering system in the Greek Septuagint version of the Hebrew Bible and the Latin Vulgate version of the Bible makes this psalm Psalm 96.

The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish and Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, and other Christian liturgies. It has often been set to music, notably by Otto Nicolai as a German motet, and by Antonín Dvořák, who set it in Czech in his Biblical Songs.

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