Psalm 97

Psalm 97 (Greek numbering: Psalm 96) is one of the psalms in the biblical Book of Psalms. One of the Royal Psalms, Psalm 93-99, praising God as the King of His people.

Uses

Judaism

• Is the third paragraph of Kabbalat Shabbat.^[1]
• Is recited on the third to the sixth days of Sukkot.^[2]
• Verse 1 is found in the repetition of the Amidah during Rosh Hashanah.^[3]

Musical settings

Czech composer Antonín Dvořák set verses 2-6 to music in No. 1 of his Biblical Songs (1894).

References

1. The Complete Artscroll Siddur page 310
2. The Artscroll Tehillim page 329
3. The Complete Artscroll Machzor for Rosh Hashanah page 321

External links

• A recording of the last 5 verses of the Psalm as sung in Kabbalat Shabbat