Psalm 99
Bible in Basic English
Chapter overview
Psalm 99 pairs transcendent holiness with responsive relationship. The just king loves equity, while Moses, Aaron, and Samuel model prayer that receives answers, forgiveness, and needed discipline before communal worship.
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1The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.
2The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations.
3Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and to be feared; holy is he.
4The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.
5Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he.
6Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who gave honour to his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and he gave answers to them.
7His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his witness, and the law which he gave them.
8You gave them an answer, O Lord our God; you took away their sin, though you gave them punishment for their wrongdoing.
9Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with your faces turned to his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.
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