Psalm 97:11
New International Version
Light shines on the righteous and joy on the upright in heart.

New Living Translation
Light shines on the godly, and joy on those whose hearts are right.

English Standard Version
Light is sown for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

Berean Standard Bible
Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

King James Bible
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

New King James Version
Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

New American Standard Bible
Light is sown like seed for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

NASB 1995
Light is sown like seed for the righteous And gladness for the upright in heart.

NASB 1977
Light is sown like seed for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

Legacy Standard Bible
Light is sown for the righteous And gladness for the upright in heart.

Amplified Bible
Light is sown [like seed] for the righteous and illuminates their path, And [irrepressible] joy [is spread] for the upright in heart [who delight in His favor and protection].

Christian Standard Bible
Light dawns for the righteous, gladness for the upright in heart.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Light dawns for the righteous, gladness for the upright in heart.

American Standard Version
Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because light shines to the righteous ones, and joy to the upright in heart.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Light is sprung up for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Contemporary English Version
If you obey and do right, a light will show you the way and fill you with happiness.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Light is risen to the just, and joy to the right of heart.

English Revised Version
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Light dawns for righteous people and joy for those whose motives are decent.

Good News Translation
Light shines on the righteous, and gladness on the good.

International Standard Version
Light shines on the righteous; gladness on the morally upright.

JPS Tanakh 1917
Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart.

Literal Standard Version
Light [is] sown for the righteous, | And joy for the upright of heart.

Majority Standard Bible
Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart.

New American Bible
Light dawns for the just, and gladness for the honest of heart.

NET Bible
The godly bask in the light; the morally upright experience joy.

New Revised Standard Version
Light dawns for the righteous, and joy for the upright in heart.

New Heart English Bible
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Webster's Bible Translation
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

World English Bible
Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

Young's Literal Translation
Light is sown for the righteous, And for the upright of heart -- joy.

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Context
Let the Earth Rejoice
10Hate evil, O you who love the LORD! He preserves the souls of His saints; He delivers them from the hand of the wicked. 11Light shines on the righteous, gladness on the upright in heart. 12Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous ones, and praise His holy name.…

Cross References
Esther 8:16
For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.

Job 22:28
Your decisions will be carried out, and light will shine on your ways.

Psalm 4:7
You have filled my heart with more joy than when grain and new wine abound.

Psalm 7:10
My shield is with God, who saves the upright in heart.

Psalm 37:6
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.

Psalm 64:10
Let the righteous rejoice in the LORD and take refuge in Him; let all the upright in heart exult.

Psalm 112:4
Light dawns in the darkness for the upright--for the gracious, compassionate, and righteous.


Treasury of Scripture

Light is sown for the righteous, and gladness for the upright in heart.

light

Psalm 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the LORD my God will enlighten my darkness.

Psalm 112:4
Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

Esther 8:16
The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.

sown

Psalm 126:5,6
They that sow in tears shall reap in joy…

Galatians 6:8
For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

James 5:7-11
Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain…

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Psalm 97
1. The majesty of God's kingdom
7. The church rejoices at God's judgments upon idolaters
10. An exhortation to godliness and gladness














(11) Light is sown--i.e., scattered. The metaphor must not be pressed so as to think of a harvest to come. The image is an obvious and common one.

"Sol etiam summo de vertice dissipat omnes

Ardorem in partes, et lumine consent arva."

LUCRETIUS.

And Milton, while enriching its metaphor, doubless had the psalm in his mind:--

"Now morn, her rosy steps in the Eastern clime

Advancing, sow'd the earth with orient pearl."

Verse 11. - Light is sown for the righteous (comp. Psalm 112:4, "Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness"). God sheds the rays of his grace on the path of the righteous man, enlightens his understanding, and illumines his spirit perpetually. And gladness for the upright in heart. Together with "light," he sheds abroad "gladness," the irrepressible joy which comes from a sense of his favour and protection.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Light
א֭וֹר (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

is sown
זָרֻ֣עַ (zā·ru·a‘)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 2232: To sow, to disseminate, plant, fructify

on the righteous,
לַצַּדִּ֑יק (laṣ·ṣad·dîq)
Preposition-l, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6662: Just, righteous

gladness
שִׂמְחָֽה׃ (śim·ḥāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8057: Blithesomeness, glee

on the upright
וּֽלְיִשְׁרֵי־ (ū·lə·yiš·rê-)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3477: Straight, right

in heart.
לֵ֥ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


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