Psalm 99

Translated from the Hebrew of the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Tap a verse to see why it reads as it does. Tap a small letter to read its footnote.

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Holy is the King enthroned in Zion

¹The LORD is King; let the peoples shudder! \q He is seated on the cherubim as on a throne; let the earth shake! ²In Zion the LORD is great; \q he towers over all the peoples. ³Let the peoples give thanks to your name, great and awe-inspiring. \q He is holy! ⁴Mighty King who loves justice, \q it is you who have set fairness firmly in place; \q you have done what is just and right in Jacob. ⁵Lift high the LORD our God, \q and bow low at his footstool. \q He is holy! ⁶Among his priests were Moses and Aaron, \q and among those who called on his name was Samuel; \q they called out to the LORD, and he answered them. ⁷From the pillar of cloud he spoke with them; \q they kept the decrees he laid down and the rule he gave them. ⁸LORD our God, it was you who answered them. \q To them you were a God who forgives, \q yet one who punished their wrongs. ⁹Lift high the LORD our God, \q and bow low on his holy hill, \q because the LORD our God is holy.