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1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth
between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish
equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is
holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call
upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his
testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that
forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD
our God is holy.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2. John Gill's
Exposition of the Bible - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/psalm/gill/psalm99.htm
3.
Spurgeon' Treasury of
David - http://eword.gospelcom.net/comments/psalm/spurgeon/psalm99.htm
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About Psalm 99 |
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This psalm, with the
foregoing from Psalm 90:1 is ascribed to Moses by Jarchi
and others; but cannot be his, since mention is made of
Samuel in it, who lived many years after him. The
Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic
versions, more rightly attribute it to David; the
inscription of the Syriac version, after saying it is
David's, subjoins, "concerning the destruction of the
Midianites, whom Moses and the people of Israel led
captive;" of which there is not the least mention in it;
but it more truly adds, "and a prophecy concerning the
glory of the kingdom of the Messiah;" as it undoubtedly
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Music
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The
music was composed in
2006
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Synopsis of
Psalm 99 |
This may be called THE
SANCTUS, or, THE HOLY, HOLY, HOLY PSALM, for the word "holy"
is the conclusion and the refrain of its three main
divisions. Its subject is the holiness of the divine
government, the sanctity of the mediatorial reign.
It seems to us to declare the holiness of Jehovah himself in
Ps 99:1-3;
it mentions the equity of the king whom the Lord had
appointed, as an illustration of the Lord's love of
holiness, or more probably it describes the Lord as himself
the king, in Ps 99:4-5,
and it then sets forth the severely righteous character of
God's dealings with those favoured persons whom in former
times he had selected to approach him on behalf of the
people, Ps 99:6-9.
It is a hymn fitted for the cherubim who surround the
throne, who are mentioned in Ps 99:1; it is a Psalm most
fitting for saints who dwell in Zion, the holy city, and
especially worthy to be reverently sung by all who, like
David the king, Moses the lawgiver, Aaron the priest, or
Samuel the seer, are honoured to lead the church of God, and
plead for her with her Lord.3
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