Psalm 99 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Psalm 99

Praise to God for His Holiness

1 The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble!
He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!(A)
2 The Lord is great in Zion;
he is exalted over all the peoples.(B)
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name.
Holy is he!
4 Mighty King,[a] lover of justice,
you have established equity;
you have executed justice
and righteousness in Jacob.(C)
5 Extol the Lord our God;
worship at his footstool.
Holy is he!(D)

6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests,
Samuel also was among those who called on his name.
They cried to the Lord, and he answered them.(E)
7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
they kept his decrees
and the statutes that he gave them.(F)

8 O Lord our God, you answered them;
you were a forgiving God to them
but an avenger of their wrongdoings.(G)
9 Extol the Lord our God,
and worship at his holy mountain,
for the Lord our God is holy.(H)

Footnotes

  1. 99.4Cn: Heb And a king’s strength

Cross references

  1. 99.1 : Ex 25.22
  2. 99.2 : Ps 97.9
  3. 99.4 : Ps 11.7; 17.2; 103.6
  4. 99.5 : Lev 19.2; Ps 132.7
  5. 99.6 : Ex 14.15; 1 Sam 7.9; Jer 15.1
  6. 99.7 : Ex 33.9
  7. 99.8 : Num 14.20; Deut 9.20; Ps 106.44
  8. 99.9 : Ps 34.3