Psalms 99

1Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth above the cherubim; let the earth be moved.

1Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth [between the] cherubim: let the earth be moved.

1A psalm of praise.

2Jehovah is great in Zion; And he is high above all the peoples.

2 Jehovah is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.

2Sing joyfully to God, all the earth: serve ye the Lord with gladness. Come in before his presence with exceeding great joy.

3Let them praise thy great and terrible name: Holy is he.

3 They shall praise thy great and terrible name, — it is holy! —

3Know ye that the Lord he is God: he made us, and not we ourselves. We are his people and the sheep of his pasture.

4The king’s strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.

4 And the strength of the king that loveth justice. Thou hast established equity: it is thou that executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

4Go ye into his gates with praise, into his courts with hymns: and give glory to him. Praise ye his name:

5Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his footstool: Holy is he.

5 Exalt Jehovah ourGod, and worship at his footstool. He is holy!

5For the Lord is sweet, his mercy endureth for ever, and his truth to generation and generation.

6Moses and Aaron among his priests, And Samuel among them that call upon his name; They called upon Jehovah, and he answered them.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name: they called unto Jehovah, and he answered them.

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7He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: They kept his testimonies, And the statute that he gave them.

7 He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud: they kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.

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8Thou answeredst them, O Jehovah our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

8 Jehovah, ourGod, thou answeredst them: a forgivingGod wast thou unto them, though thou tookest vengeance of their doings.

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9Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.

9 Exalt Jehovah ourGod, and worship at the hill of his holiness; for holy is Jehovah ourGod.

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