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Psalm 99

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1 The Lord is king; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!
1 God rules. On your toes, everybody! He rules from his angel throne - take notice!
2 The Lord is great in Zion; he is exalted over all the peoples.
2 God looms majestic in Zion, He towers in splendor over all the big names.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is he!
3 Great and terrible your beauty: let everyone praise you! Holy. Yes, holy.
4 Mighty King, lover of justice, you have established equity; you have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
4 Strong King, lover of justice, You laid things out fair and square; You set down the foundations in Jacob, Foundation stones of just and right ways.
5 Extol the Lord our God; worship at his footstool. Holy is he!
5 Honor God, our God; worship his rule! Holy. Yes, holy.
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.
6 Moses and Aaron were his priests, Samuel among those who prayed to him. They prayed to God and he answered them;
7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; they kept his decrees, and the statutes that he gave them.
7 He spoke from the pillar of cloud. And they did what he said; they kept the law he gave them.
8 O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings.
8 And then God, our God, answered them (But you were never soft on their sins).
9 Extol the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy.
9 Lift high God, our God; worship at his holy mountain. Holy. Yes, holy is God our God.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.