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Psalm 99 JPS Tanakh (1917)

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  • Jewish
  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew
  • Hebrew Bible (Tanakh)
  • Formal (word for word)
  • 1917
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Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings

Notes on this text (2)
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.
1 Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion; and He is high above all the peoples.
2 Yahweh is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise Thy name as great and awful; Holy is He.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
4 The strength also of the king who loveth justice — Thou hast established equity, Thou hast executed justice and righteousness in Jacob.
4 The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and prostrate yourselves at His footstool; Holy is He.
5 Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
6 Moses and Aaron among His priests, and Samuel among them that call upon His name, did call upon the LORD, and He answered them.
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on Yahweh, and he answered them.
7 He spoke unto them in the pillar of cloud; they kept His testimonies, and the statute that He gave them.
7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.
8 O LORD our God, Thou didst answer them; a forgiving God wast Thou unto them, though Thou tookest vengeance of their misdeeds.
8 You answered them, Yahweh our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
9 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at His holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
9 Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!
Cross references (9)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Exodus 25:22; Psalm 97:1; Psalm 93:1; Psalm 97:4; Psalm 80:1
  2. 2 Psalm 97:9; Isaiah 14:32; Psalm 50:2; Psalm 66:7; Isaiah 12:6
  3. 3 Isaiah 6:3; Deuteronomy 28:58; Revelation 15:3–4; Psalm 111:9; John 17:11
  4. 4 Jeremiah 23:5; Psalm 11:7; Job 36:5–7; Psalm 45:6–7; Deuteronomy 32:3–4
  5. 5 Psalm 132:7; Isaiah 66:1; Psalm 108:5; Psalm 34:3; Exodus 15:2
  6. 6 Jeremiah 15:1; Exodus 24:6–8; Exodus 15:25; Exodus 14:15; 1 Samuel 7:9–12
  7. 7 Exodus 33:9; Numbers 12:5; Deuteronomy 4:5; 1 John 3:21–22; Exodus 19:9
  8. 8 Numbers 20:12; Psalm 89:33; Jeremiah 46:28; Ecclesiastes 7:29; Deuteronomy 9:19–20
  9. 9 Luke 1:49; Revelation 4:8; Isaiah 5:16; Isaiah 57:15; 1 Peter 1:15–16

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XCVIII)

    (ver. 1). The new man knoweth this, the old man knoweth it not. The old man is the old life, and the new man the new life: the old life is derived from Adam, the new life is formed in Christ. But in this Psalm, the whole world is enjoined to sing a new song.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)

  2. Quotes verse 99:1 Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies (Book IV, Chapter XXXII)

    And those who said, "The Lord hath reigned; let the people be enraged: [even] He who sitteth upon the cherubim; let the earth be moved," were thus predicting partly that wrath from all nations which after His ascension came upon those who believed in Him, with the movement of the whole earth against the Church; and partly the fact that, …

    Read in context · Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885)