Psalm 97:7
—Doesn’t this verse imply there are many gods?
Problem:
The psalmist commands, “Worship Him, all you gods.” Yet the Bible elsewhere insists there is only one God (
Deut. 6:4
).
Solution:
First of all, there is no other
God,
but there are many
gods.
There is only one
true
God, but there are many
false
gods. Indeed, Paul declares that there are demons behind false gods (
1 Cor. 10:20
). And one day even the demons will bow before the true and living God and confess that He is Lord (
Phil. 2:10
).

Furthermore, good angels are sometimes called “gods” (
elohim
) in the Bible (
Ps. 8:5
; cf.
Heb. 2:7
). This verse (
Ps. 97:7
) could be a command for the angels to worship God, as they are so commanded in
Psalm 148:2
: “Praise Him, all His angels.”