English Standard Version
Psalms 99:9
9Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!
Psalms 99:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.
- New International Version (NIV)Exalt the Lord our God and worship at his holy mountain, for the Lord our God is holy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His holy hill; For the Lord our God is holy.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem, for the Lord our God is holy!
Context of Psalms 99:9
7In the pillar of the cloud he spoke to them; they kept his testimonies and the statute that he gave them. 8O Lord our God, you answered them; you were a forgiving God to them, but an avenger of their wrongdoings. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!
Read all of Psalms 99Psalms 99:9 word by word
רֽוֹמְמ֡וּ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְ֭הִֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַ֣ר קָדְשׁ֑וֹ כִּֽי־קָ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 99:9
- Psalms 99:5Exalt the Lord our God; worship at his footstool! Holy is he!
- Psalms 2:6"As for me, I have set my King on Zion, my holy hill."
- Psalms 48:1Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the city of our God! His holy mountain,
- Psalms 87:1On the holy mount stands the city he founded;
- Psalms 99:3Let them praise your great and awesome name! Holy is he!
- 1 Samuel 2:2"There is none holy like the Lord: for there is none besides you; there is no rock like our God.
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord of hosts is exalted in justice, and the Holy God shows himself holy in righteousness.
- Isaiah 6:3And one called to another and said: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory!"
- Isaiah 57:15For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, and also with him who is of a contrite and lowly spirit, to revive the spirit of the lowly, and to revive the heart of the contrite.
- Habakkuk 1:12Are you not from everlasting, O Lord my God, my Holy One? We shall not die. O Lord, you have ordained them as a judgment, and you, O Rock, have established them for reproof.
- Luke 1:49for he who is mighty has done great things for me, and holy is his name.
- 1 Peter 1:15but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
- Revelation 3:7"And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: 'The words of the holy one, the true one, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, who shuts and no one opens.
- Revelation 4:8And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and within, and day and night they never cease to say, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!"
Commentaries on Psalms 99:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Worship at his holy hill - Worship him publicly in the temple. For the Lord our God is holy - The words of the chorus; as in the third and fifth verses.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Exalt the Lord our God - See the notes at Psalm 99:5. And worship at his holy hill - In Psalm 99:5, this is, “at his footstool.” The “holy hill” refers to Zion, as the seat of the national worship. For the Lord our God is holy - See Psalm 99:5. This appropriately closes the psalm, by a distinct and solemn statement that the fact that Yahweh is a holy God is a reason for worshipping him. This is at all times the highest reason for adoration and praise.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 The happiness of Israel is made out by referring to the most useful governors of that people. They in every thing made God's word and law their rule, knowing that they could not else expect that their prayers should be answered. They all wonderfully prevailed with God in prayer; miracles were wrought at their request. They pleaded for the people, and obtained answers of peace. Our Prophet and High Priest, of infinitely greater dignity than…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9The psalmist calls the nations to worship the Lord, the king of the earth who rules from Zion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91. sitteth ... cherubim--(compare 1Sa 4:4; Psa 80:1). tremble ... be moved--inspired with fear by His judgments on the wicked.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 99
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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