Psalms 97:7

“Confounded be all they that serve graven images, etc.] Images of gold, silver, and stone, graven by art and man’s device; to serve and worship which must be the grossest ignorance and stupidity, which, when convinced of, must fill with shame and confusion: this may be considered either as a prayer, that the idolatrous Gentiles might be enlightened to see the vanity of their idols, and their worship of them, and turn to the living God; or as a prophecy that it should be; for it may be rendered, “they are” or “shall be confounded”, or “ashamed” f1374, as the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi; which had its accomplishment in the first times of the Gospel; when, being preached in the Gentile world,…”

“Confounded be all they that serve graven images - Hebrew, “Let them be ashamed.” The idea is, that they would be disappointed. They would find that these were not real gods; that their trust in them was vain; and that they had evinced great folly in relying on that which could not aid them in the day of necessity. See Job 6:20, note; Psalms 22:5, note; Psalms 25:2, note. Compare Isaiah 20:5. What is here affirmed of the worshippers of idols will be found to be true at last of all who put their trust in anything but the true God. That boast themselves of idols - That worship idols, and glory in them as if they could save; or, that glory in their own idol-gods as if they were more powerful…”

“Confounded - Let them be ashamed of their folly. Gods - All you whom the Gentiles have made the objects of their worship. Psalms 97:8”

“97:7 At the Lord’s coming, when every god must bow to him, those who worship other gods will face their own folly (see 95:3-5).”

“Confounded: Exo 20:4; Lev 26:1; Deu 5:8, Deu 27:15; Isa 37:18, Isa 37:19, Isa 41:29, Isa 42:17, Isa 44:9-11; Jer 10:14; Rev 14:8-10 worship: Exo 25:20; Ch2 3:13; Heb 1:6; Pe1 1:12; Rev 5:11-14 Psalms 97:8”

“When the glory of Jahve becomes manifest, everything that is opposed to it will be punished and consumed by its light. Those who serve idols will become conscious of their delusion with shame and terror, Isa 42:17; Jer 10:14. The superhuman powers (lxx ἄγγελοι), deified by the heathen, then bow down to Him who alone is Elohim in absolute personality. השׁתּחווּ is not imperative (lxx, Syriac), for as a command this clause would be abrupt and inconsequential, but the perfect of that which actually takes place. The quotation in Heb 1:6 is taken from Deu 32:43, lxx. In Psa 97:8 (after Psa 48:12) the survey of the poet again comes back to his own nation. When Zion hears that Jahve has appeared,…”