Psalm 99
New International 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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1The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake.
2Great is the Lord in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations.
3Let them praise your great and awesome name— he is holy.
4The King is mighty, he loves justice— you have established equity; in Jacob you have done what is just and right.
5Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his footstool; he is holy.
6Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who called on his name; they called on the Lord and he answered them.
7He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.
8Lord our God, you answered them; you were to Israel a forgiving God, though you punished their misdeeds.
9Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.
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