Psalm 99
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Psalms 99— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition
How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, which is the key every lexicon and concordance uses (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets name a word that does a grammatical job rather than carrying a meaning, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.
1The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
Rashi on Psalms 99:1
nations will quake [This] deals with the war of Gog and Magog. Then the nations will quake, as the matter that is said (Zech.:12): “And this shall be the plague, etc.”
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2Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
Radak on Psalms 99:2
The Lord is great in Zion – Then He will be great in Zion because there He will be magnified above all the nations when He executes judgement on the wicked.
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3Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy!
Rashi on Psalms 99:3
They will acknowledge Your name They will acknowledge the might of the King Who loves judgment.
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4The mighty King loves justice. You have established equity; You have exercised justice and righteousness in Jacob.
Rashi on Psalms 99:4
and the might of the King Who loves judgment This refers back to the preceding verse.
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5Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
6Moses and Aaron were among His priests; Samuel was among those who called on His name. They called to the LORD and He answered.
7He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept His decrees and the statutes He gave them.
8O LORD our God, You answered them. You were a forgiving God to them, yet an avenger of their misdeeds.
9Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.