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Psalms 99:9
9Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem, 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.
- 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 Israel from the pillar of cloud, and they followed the laws and decrees he gave them. 8O Lord our God, you answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, but you punished them when they went wrong. Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem, 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! Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!
- Psalms 2:6For the Lord declares, “I have placed my chosen king on the throne in Jerusalem, on my holy mountain.”
- Psalms 48:1How great is the Lord, how deserving of praise, in the city of our God, which sits on his holy mountain!
- Psalms 87:1On the holy mountain stands the city founded by the Lord.
- Psalms 99:3Let them praise your great and awesome name. Your name is holy!
- 1 Samuel 2:2No one is holy like the Lord! There is no one besides you; there is no Rock like our God.
- Isaiah 5:16But the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will be exalted by his justice. The holiness of God will be displayed by his righteousness.
- Isaiah 6:3They were calling out to each other, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Heaven’s Armies! The whole earth is filled with his glory!”
- Isaiah 57:15The high and lofty one who lives in eternity, the Holy One, says this: “I live in the high and holy place with those whose spirits are contrite and humble. I restore the crushed spirit of the humble and revive the courage of those with repentant hearts.
- Habakkuk 1:12O Lord my God, my Holy One, you who are eternal— surely you do not plan to wipe us out? O Lord, our Rock, you have sent these Babylonians to correct us, to punish us for our many sins.
- Luke 1:49For the Mighty One is holy, and he has done great things for me.
- 1 Peter 1:15But now you must be holy in everything you do, just as God who chose you is holy.
- Revelation 3:7“Write this letter to the angel of the church in Philadelphia. This is the message from the one who is holy and true, the one who has the key of David. What he opens, no one can close; and what he closes, no one can open:
- Revelation 4:8Each of these living beings had six wings, and their wings were covered all over with eyes, inside and out. Day after day and night after night they keep on saying, “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God, the Almighty— the one who always was, who is, and who is still 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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