תהלים 99:5

Hebrew Modern Translation

רוממו יהוה אלהינו והשתחוו להדם רגליו קדוש הוא׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
יהוה אלהינו והשתחוו להדם רגליו קדוש הוא

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
רֹֽומְמ֡וּ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ וְֽ֭הִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַהֲדֹ֥ם רַגְלָ֗יו קָדֹ֥ושׁ הֽוּא ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
רֹֽומְמוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְֽהִשְׁתַּחֲווּ לַהֲדֹם רַגְלָיו קָדוֹשׁ הֽוּא ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exalt: Psalms 99:9, Psalms 21:13, Psalms 34:3, Psalms 108:5, Exodus 15:2, Isaiah 12:4, Isaiah 25:1, Hosea 11:7

footstool: Psalms 132:7, 1 Chronicles 28:2, Isaiah 66:1

he is holy: or, it is holy, Psalms 99:3, Leviticus 19:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 11:44 - ye shall Leviticus 20:26 - the Lord Joshua 24:19 - holy 1 Samuel 2:2 - none holy Psalms 93:5 - holiness Psalms 107:32 - exalt Psalms 111:9 - holy Psalms 138:2 - toward Lamentations 2:1 - his footstool Ezekiel 43:7 - and the place Matthew 5:35 - the earth Revelation 15:4 - thou only

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Exalt ye the Lord our God,.... Christ, who is Lord of all, and Immanuel, God with us, God in our nature, our Lord and our God; exalt him in his person, as God over all, blessed for ever; in his offices of Prophet, Priest, and King, by hearkening to his word, by trusting in his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, and by submitting to his ordinances, and obeying his commands; exalt him in heart, thought, and affection, thinking highly of him, and affectionately loving him; exalt and extol him in words, speak of his love and loveliness, and of the great things he has done; exalt him in private and in public, in the family and in the house of God; make mention of him everywhere, that his name be exalted:

and worship at his footstool; worship him who is the object of the adoration of angels, and ought to be of men; worship him privately and publicly, internally and externally, in spirit and in truth; at his footstool, on earth, he being on his throne in heaven; see Isaiah 65:1 or else the ark is meant, which is so called, 1 Chronicles 28:2, and this being a type of the human nature of Christ, that may be meant here; and which, though not the object of worship, nor is it said, worship his footstool, but at it; yet, in worshipping Christ, respect is to be had unto him, as in our nature, in which he has done such great things for us: the Targum is,

"worship in or at the house of his sanctuary;''

so Kimchi interprets it of the sanctuary, which agrees with Psalms 99:9,

for he is holy: essentially holy, glorious in holiness as a divine Person, and therefore to be worshipped: or "it is holy"; the footstool, the ark, the human nature of Christ, in which the Godhead dwells bodily.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Exalt ye the Lord our God - See the notes at Psalms 30:1. The meaning is, Let his name be, as it were, lifted up on high, so as to be conspicuous or seen from afar. Let it be done with a lofty voice; let it be with ascriptions of praise.

And worship at his footstool - By humble prostration at his feet. The footstool is that on which the feet rest when one is sitting, and the reference here is to the footstool on which the feet of a king rested when he sat on his throne or chair of state. To worship at his footstool - compare 1 Chronicles 28:2; Psalms 132:7 - denotes the deepest humility and the profoundest prostration and reverence. It is as if we could not look on his face, or on his throne, or on his gorgeous and magnificent robes, but bowed our heads in lowly reverence, and deemed it sufficient honor to lie low before that on which his feet rested. To show the dignity and majesty of God, the earth itself is represented as being merely his footstool; as being, in comparison with the heaven - the place of his seat - his “throne,” only as the footstool is as compared with the splendid chair of state. Isaiah 66:1; Matthew 5:34-35.

For he is holy - See Psalms 99:3. Margin, “it is holy.” The translation in the text best expresses the sense. The fact that God is “holy” is a reason for lowly and profound prostration before him.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 99:5. Worship at his footstool — Probably meaning the ark on which the Divine glory was manifested. Sometimes the earth is called God's footstool, Matthew 5:35; Isaiah 66:1; sometimes Jerusalem; sometimes the temple, Lamentations 2:1; sometimes the tabernacle, Psalms 32:7; and sometimes the ark, 1 Chronicles 28:2. The Israelites, when they worshipped, turned their faces toward the ark, because that was the place where was the symbol of the Divine Presence.

For he is holy. — The burden chanted by the chorus.