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Psalms 99:3-9

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3 Let them praise Your 1great and awesome name; 2Holy is He.
4 The strength of the King 3loves justice; You have established 4equity; You have 5executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 6Exalt the LORD our God And 7worship at His footstool *; 8Holy is He.
6 9Moses and Aaron were among His 10priests, And 11Samuel was among those who 12called on His name; They 13called upon the LORD and He answered them.
7 He 14spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; They 15kept His testimonies And the statute that He gave them.
8 O LORD our God, You 16answered them; You were a 17forgiving God to them, And yet an 18avenger of their evil deeds.
9 Exalt the LORD our God And worship at His holy hill, For holy is the LORD our God.
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Psalms 99:3-9 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 99

This psalm, with the foregoing from Ps 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 is.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 18

  • 1. Deuteronomy 28:58; Psalms 76:1
  • 2. Leviticus 19:2; Joshua 24:19; 1 Samuel 2:2; Psalms 22:3; Isaiah 6:3
  • 3. Psalms 11:7; Psalms 33:5
  • 4. Psalms 17:2; Psalms 98:9
  • 5. Psalms 103:6; Psalms 146:7; Jeremiah 23:5
  • 6. Psalms 34:3; Psalms 107:32; Psalms 118:28
  • 7. Psalms 132:7
  • 8. Psalms 99:3
  • 9. Jeremiah 15:1
  • 10. Exodus 24:6-8; Exodus 29:26; Exodus 40:23-27; Leviticus 8:1-30
  • 11. Jeremiah 15:1
  • 12. 1 Samuel 7:9; 1 Samuel 12:18; Psalms 22:4, 5
  • 13. Exodus 15:25; Exodus 32:30-34
  • 14. Exodus 33:9; Numbers 12:5
  • 15. Psalms 105:28
  • 16. Psalms 106:44
  • 17. Numbers 14:20; Psalms 78:38
  • 18. Exodus 32:28; Numbers 20:12; Psalms 95:11; Psalms 107:12

Footnotes 6

  • [a]. Or "it"
  • [b]. Or "You have established in equity the strength of the King who loves justice"
  • [c]. Or "judgment"
  • [d]. Or "uprightness"
  • [e]. Or "judgment"
  • [f]. The verb is plural
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