New American Standard Bible 1995
Psalms 99:9
9Exalt the Lord our God And worship at His holy hill, For holy is the Lord our God.
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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
Context of Psalms 99:9
7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud; 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, And yet an avenger of their evil deeds. Exalt the Lord our God And worship at His holy hill, For holy is the Lord our God.
Read all of Psalms 99Psalms 99:9 word by word
רֽוֹמְמ֡וּ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְ֭הִֽשְׁתַּחֲווּ לְהַ֣ר קָדְשׁ֑וֹ כִּֽי־קָ֝ד֗וֹשׁ יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 99:9
- Psalms 99:5Exalt the Lord our God And worship at His footstool; Holy is He.
- Psalms 2:6“But as for Me, I have installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
- Psalms 48:1Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised, In the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- Psalms 87:1His foundation is in the holy mountains.
- Psalms 99:3Let them praise Your great and awesome name; Holy is He.
- 1 Samuel 2:2There is no one holy like the Lord, Indeed, there is no one besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord of hosts will be exalted in judgment, And the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
- Isaiah 6:3And one called out 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 high and exalted One Who lives forever, whose name is Holy, “I dwell on a high and holy place, And also with the contrite and lowly of spirit In order 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 will not die. You, O Lord, have appointed them to judge; And You, O Rock, have established them to correct.
- Luke 1:49For the Mighty One has done great things for me; And holy is His name.
- 1 Peter 1:15but like the Holy One who called you, be holy yourselves also in all your behavior;
- Revelation 3:7“And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write: He who is holy, who is true, who has the key of David, who opens and no one will shut, and who shuts and no one opens, says this:
- Revelation 4:8And the four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within; and day and night they do not cease to say, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty, who was and who is and who 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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