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Psalms 97:1

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Lord: Psalms 93:1, Psalms 96:10-11, Psalms 99:1; Obadiah 1:21; Matthew 3:3, Matthew 6:10, Matthew 6:13; Mark 11:10; Colossians 1:13; Revelation 11:17

the earth: Psalms 2:11, Psalms 98:4-6; Isaiah 49:13; Luke 2:10-11

let the multitude of isles: Heb. let the many, or great isles, Genesis 10:5; Isaiah 11:11, Isaiah 24:14-16, Isaiah 41:5, Isaiah 42:4, Isaiah 42:10-12, Isaiah 49:1, Isaiah 51:5, Isaiah 60:9; Isaiah 66:19; Zephaniah 2:11

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