Psalms 99:3-9

3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name, for it is holy.

4 The king’s strength is that he loves judgment; thou dost establish equity; thou dost execute judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

5 Exalt ye the LORD our God and worship at the footstool of his feet, which is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron are among his priests and Samuel among those that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.

7 He spoke unto them in the pillar of fire; they kept his testimonies and the order that he gave them.

8 Thou didst answer them, O LORD our God; thou wast a God that didst forgive them, and an avenger for their works.

9 Exalt the LORD our God and worship at the mountain of his holiness, for the LORD our God is holy.

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.