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King James Version

Psalms 99:9

Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Glorifying God;   God Continued...;   Jesus, the Christ;   Praise;   Thompson Chain Reference - God;   God's;   Holiness;   The Topic Concordance - Exaltation;   God;   Holiness;   Worship;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Glorifying God;   God;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Exaltation;   Worship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - God;   Sanctification;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Exalt;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 19;  

Parallel Translations

New Living Translation
Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain in Jerusalem, for the Lord our God is holy!
English Revised Version
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God is holy.
Update Bible Version
Exalt Yahweh our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Yahweh our God is holy.
New Century Version
Praise the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain, because the Lord our God is holy.
New English Translation
Praise the Lord our God! Worship on his holy hill, for the Lord our God is holy!
Webster's Bible Translation
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God [is] holy.
World English Bible
Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, For Yahweh, our God, is holy!
Amplified Bible
Exalt the LORD our God And worship at His holy hill [Zion, the temple mount], For the LORD our God is holy.
English Standard Version
Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy!
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Enhaunse ye oure Lord God, and worschipe ye in his hooli hil; for oure Lord God is hooli.
Berean Standard Bible
Exalt the LORD our God and worship at His holy mountain, for the LORD our God is holy.
Contemporary English Version
We praise you, Lord God, and we worship you at your sacred mountain. Only you are God!
American Standard Version
Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.
Bible in Basic English
Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with your faces turned to his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.
Complete Jewish Bible
Exalt Adonai our God, bow down toward his holy mountain, for Adonai our God is holy!
Darby Translation
Exalt Jehovah our God, and worship at the hill of his holiness; for holy is Jehovah our God.
Easy-to-Read Version
Praise the Lord our God. Bow down toward his holy mountain and worship him. The Lord our God is holy!
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at His holy hill; {P}
King James Version (1611)
Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill: for the Lord our God is holy.
New Life Bible
Honor the Lord our God. And worship at His holy mountain. For the Lord our God is holy!
New Revised Standard
Extol the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Exalt the Lorde our God, and fall downe before his holy Mountaine: for the Lorde our God is holy.
George Lamsa Translation
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy.
Good News Translation
Praise the Lord our God, and worship at his sacred hill! The Lord our God is holy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Exalt Yahweh our God, And bow down towards his holy mountain, For, holy, is Yahweh our God.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(98-9) Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: for the Lord our God is holy.
Revised Standard Version
Extol the LORD our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the LORD our God is holy!
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Magnifie God our Lorde, and kneele downe before his holy hyll: for God our Lorde is holy.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his holy mountain; for the Lord our God is holy.
Christian Standard Bible®
Exalt the Lord our God;bow in worship at his holy mountain,for the Lord our God is holy.
Hebrew Names Version
Exalt the LORD, our God. Worship at his holy hill, For the LORD, our God, is holy!
Lexham English Bible
Exalt Yahweh our God, and worship at his holy mountain, for Yahweh our God is holy.
Literal Translation
Exalt Jehovah our God and worship at His holy hill; for Jehovah our God is holy.
Young's Literal Translation
Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at His holy hill, For holy [is] Jehovah our God!
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
O magnifie the LORDE oure God, and worshipe him vpo his holy hill, for the LORDE oure God is holy.
New American Standard Bible
Exalt the LORD our God And worship at His holy hill, For the LORD our God is holy.
New King James Version
Exalt the LORD our God, And worship at His holy hill; For the LORD our God is holy.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Exalt the Lord our God And worship at His holy hill, For holy is the Lord our God.
Legacy Standard Bible
Exalt Yahweh our GodAnd worship at His holy mountain,For holy is Yahweh our God.

Contextual Overview

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord , and he answered them. 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. 8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exalt: Psalms 99:5

his holy: Psalms 2:6, Psalms 48:1, Psalms 48:2, Psalms 87:1-3

for the: Psalms 99:3, Psalms 99:5, 1 Samuel 2:2, Isaiah 5:16, Isaiah 6:3, Isaiah 57:15, Habakkuk 1:12, Luke 1:49, 1 Peter 1:15, 1 Peter 1:16, Revelation 3:7, Revelation 4:8

Reciprocal: Exodus 15:2 - exalt him Leviticus 11:44 - ye shall Leviticus 20:26 - the Lord Joshua 24:19 - holy 1 Chronicles 21:26 - and called Psalms 3:4 - his Psalms 18:46 - exalted Psalms 93:5 - holiness Psalms 98:7 - Let Psalms 107:32 - exalt Psalms 111:9 - holy Psalms 132:7 - worship Psalms 138:2 - toward Psalms 148:13 - for his name Isaiah 66:1 - The heaven 1 Corinthians 3:17 - destroy Revelation 15:4 - thou only

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Exalt the Lord our God,.... Having given the above instances of Moses, Aaron, and Samuel, serving and worshipping the Lord, the psalmist repeats the exhortation in Psalms 99:5, which he enforces by their example; Psalms 99:5- ::

and worship at his holy hill; the holy hill of Zion, the church; attend the public worship and service of it: the Targum is,

"worship at the mountain of the house of his sanctuary; the temple, a type of the church of Christ:''

for the Lord our God is holy; his nature is holy, and he is glorious in the perfection of his holiness, and therefore to be praised and exalted; and his name is holy, and so reverend, and therefore to be worshipped; see in Psalms 99:3.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exalt the Lord our God - See the notes at Psalms 99:5.

And worship at his holy hill - In Psalms 99:5, this is, “at his footstool.” The “holy hill” refers to Zion, as the seat of the national worship.

For the Lord our God is holy - See Psalms 99:5. This appropriately closes the psalm, by a distinct and solemn statement that the fact that Yahweh is a holy God is a reason for worshipping him. This is at all times the highest reason for adoration and praise.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 99:9. Worship at his holy hill — Worship him publicly in the temple.

For the Lord our God is holy. — The words of the chorus; as in the third and fifth verses.

ANALYSIS OF THE NINETY-NINTH PSALM

There are two parts in this Psalm: -

I. A description of the kingdom of God.

1. From the majesty and terror of it against his enemies, Psalms 99:1-3.

2. From its equity in the execution of judgment and justice, Psalms 99:4.

3. From his patience and clemency in giving audience to his servants, Psalms 99:6-8.

II. A demand of praise and honour of all that acknowledge him for their King, begun at the third verse, repeated at the fifth, and continued in the last. The Psalm contains a prophecy of the kingdom of Christ, and its glory.

I. 1. The terror, power, and majesty of this kingdom: "The Lord reigneth." 1. He bids defiance to his enemies: "Let the people tremble." 2. "He sitteth between the cherubim." He is always present with his people; they need not fear, though the earth be moved. 3. "He is great in Zion." More potent and higher than all people. 4. "His name is great and terrible." His enemies have every thing to fear, while his friends have every thing to hope.

2. The psalmist describes this kingdom, from its justice and equity. 1. "He loveth judgment." This is one of his perfections. 2. "He establishes equity." Gives just and equal laws to all. 3. "He executes judgment in Jacob." None of his followers shall live without law; they are obedient children, living according to his will. 4. And therefore he requires them to exalt and adore him. 5. They are to worship at his foot-stool - all their approaches are to be made in the deepest reverence, with the truest self-abasement. 6. "For he is holy;" and he requires all his followers to be holy also.

3. He describes it from the mercy and clemency of the ruler. 1. He showed his mercy and kindness to Moses, Aaron, and Samuel, as intercessors for the people. "They called upon God," for themselves and for the people; "and he answered them." 1. See the intercession of Moses, Exodus 32:31; 2. Of Aaron, Numbers 16:46-48. 3. Of Samuel, 1 Samuel 7:5; 1 Samuel 7:9-10. 4. He spake to Moses, Exodus 33:8-9; Exodus 33:11; and to Aaron, Numbers 12:5-8.

And now he adds the reason why he heard them: -

1. "They kept his testimonies." Those precepts that were common to all others.

2. "And the ordinances that he gave them." As public persons who were to rule in Church and state.

And that it was a great mercy that the Lord heard them, the prophet acknowledges by this apostrophe -

1. "Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God." Which the history shows.

2. "Thou forgavest them;" that is, the people for whom they prayed: for in Hebrew the relative is often put without an antecedent.

3. "Thou tookest vengeance of their inventions." The golden calf was broken to pieces, Exodus 32:20; and the false gods were put away 1 Samuel 7:3-4. The people were not consumed, though their sin was in a certain manner visited upon them. See Numbers 14:23; Numbers 14:30; Numbers 20:12.

II. The psalmist concludes with a demand of praise to this kind God.

1. "Exalt the Lord." Show that he is high, holy, just, good, and kind.

2. "Worship at his holy hill." Attend his public worship, and show a godly example in this way to all others. He who is indifferent about the public worship of God is generally not less so in private devotion.

3. The reason for all this is: "The Lord our God is holy." He requires this worship because it is a chief means by which he communicates his holiness to his followers. Without this holiness there is no happiness here, and without it none shall ever see God. Get holiness, that you may get happiness here, and heaven hereafter.


 
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