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99 The Lord is King,
    so let the nations shake with fear.
He sits as King above the Cherub angels,
    so let the whole earth shake.
The Lord in Zion is great!
    He is the great leader over all people.
Let all the nations praise your name.
    Your name is great and awesome.
    Your name is holy.
You are the powerful King who loves justice.
    You have made things right.
    You have brought goodness and fairness to Jacob.
Praise the Lord our God,
    and bow down before his footstool,[a] for he is holy.
Moses and Aaron were some of his priests,
    and Samuel was one of the men who called on his name.
They prayed to the Lord,
    and he answered them.
God spoke from the tall cloud,
    and they obeyed his commands
    and the law he gave them.
Lord our God, you answered their prayers.
    You showed them that you are a forgiving God
    and that you punish people for the evil they do.
Praise the Lord our God.
    Bow down toward his holy mountain and worship him.
    The Lord our God is holy!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 99:5 footstool This probably means the Temple. See “Temple” in the Word List.

Psalm 99

The Lord reigns,(A)
    let the nations tremble;(B)
he sits enthroned(C) between the cherubim,(D)
    let the earth shake.
Great is the Lord(E) in Zion;(F)
    he is exalted(G) over all the nations.
Let them praise(H) your great and awesome name(I)
    he is holy.(J)

The King(K) is mighty, he loves justice(L)
    you have established equity;(M)
in Jacob you have done
    what is just and right.(N)
Exalt(O) the Lord our God
    and worship at his footstool;
    he is holy.

Moses(P) and Aaron(Q) were among his priests,
    Samuel(R) was among those who called on his name;
they called on the Lord
    and he answered(S) them.
He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud;(T)
    they kept his statutes and the decrees he gave them.

Lord our God,
    you answered them;
you were to Israel a forgiving God,(U)
    though you punished(V) their misdeeds.[a]
Exalt the Lord our God
    and worship at his holy mountain,
    for the Lord our God is holy.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 99:8 Or God, / an avenger of the wrongs done to them