Psalm 99
Literal Standard Version
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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1YHWH has reigned, peoples tremble, || The Inhabitant of the cherubim, the earth shakes.
2YHWH [is] great in Zion, || And He [is] high over all the peoples.
3They praise Your Name, “Great, and fearful, [it] is holy!”
4And the strength of the king || Has loved judgment, || You have established uprightness; Judgment and righteousness in Jacob, || You have done.
5Exalt our God YHWH, || And bow yourselves at His footstool, He [is] holy.
6Moses and Aaron among His priests, || And Samuel among those proclaiming His Name. They are calling to YHWH, || And He answers them.
7He speaks to them in a pillar of cloud, || They have kept His testimonies, || And He has given the statute to them.
8O YHWH, our God, || You have afflicted them, || You have been a forgiving God to them, || And taking vengeance on their actions.
9Exalt our God YHWH, || And bow yourselves at His holy hill, || For our God YHWH [is] holy!
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