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Psalm 99

Psa. 99:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thei Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
reigneth
malak (Hebrew #4427)
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
KJV usage: consult, X indeed, be (make, set a, set up) king, be (make) queen, (begin to, make to) reign(-ing), rule, X surely.
Pronounce: maw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root
; letk the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
tremble
ragaz (Hebrew #7264)
to quiver (with any violent emotion, especially anger or fear)
KJV usage: be afraid, stand in awe, disquiet, fall out, fret, move, provoke, quake, rage, shake, tremble, trouble, be wroth.
Pronounce: raw-gaz'
Origin: a primitive root
: he sitteth
yashab (Hebrew #3427)
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
KJV usage: (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, X fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, X marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(- tle), (down-)sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
Pronounce: yaw-shab'
Origin: a primitive root
between the cherubims
kruwb (Hebrew #3742)
a cherub or imaginary figure
KJV usage: cherub, (plural) cherubims.
Pronounce: ker-oob'
Origin: of uncertain derivation
; let the earth
'erets (Hebrew #776)
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
KJV usage: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.
Pronounce: eh'-rets
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to be firm
ρbe moved
nuwt (Hebrew #5120)
to quake
KJV usage: be moved.
Pronounce: noot
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Psa. 93:1• 1Jehovah reigneth, he hath clothed himself with majesty: Jehovah hath clothed himself, he hath girded himself with strength; yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Jer. 5:22• 22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Jer. 5:22)
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stagger.

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1-4:  The prophet, setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion,
5-9:  exhorts all, by the example of their forefathers, to worship God at his holy hill.
Lord.
Psa. 2:6• 6And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness. (Psa. 2:6)
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Psa. 93:1• 1Jehovah reigneth, he hath clothed himself with majesty: Jehovah hath clothed himself, he hath girded himself with strength; yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Psa. 96:10• 10Say among the nations, Jehovah reigneth! yea, the world is established, it shall not be moved; he will execute judgment upon the peoples with equity. (Psa. 96:10)
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Psa. 97:1• 1Jehovah reigneth: let the earth be glad, let the many isles rejoice. (Psa. 97:1)
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Luke 19:12,14• 12He said therefore, A certain high-born man went to a distant country to receive for himself a kingdom and return.
 14But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not that this man should reign over us. (Luke 19:12,14)
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Rev. 11:17• 17saying, We give thee thanks, Lord God Almighty, He who is, and who was, that thou hast taken thy great power and hast reigned. (Rev. 11:17)
people.
Psa. 2:11‑12• 11Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
 12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his anger burn but a little. Blessed are all who have their trust in him. (Psa. 2:11‑12)
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Psa. 21:8‑9• 8Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them: (Psa. 21:8‑9)
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Psa. 97:4• 4His lightnings lightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. (Psa. 97:4)
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Luke 19:27• 27Moreover those mine enemies, who would not have me to reign over them, bring them here and slay them before me. (Luke 19:27)
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Phil. 2:12• 12So that, my beloved, even as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much rather in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, (Phil. 2:12)
he sitteth.
Psa. 18:10• 10And he rode upon a cherub and did fly; yea, he flew fast upon the wings of the wind. (Psa. 18:10)
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Psa. 80:1• 1To the chief Musician. On Shoshannim-Eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest between the cherubim, shine forth. (Psa. 80:1)
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Ex. 25:22• 22And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:22)
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Ezek. 10:1‑22• 1And I looked, and behold, in the expanse that was over the head of the cherubim there appeared above them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
 2And he spoke unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Come in between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill the hollow of thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
 3And the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
 4And the glory of Jehovah mounted up from the cherub, and came over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Jehovah's glory.
 5And the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty *God when he speaketh.
 6And it came to pass when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubim, then he went in, and stood beside the wheel.
 7And the cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubim unto the fire that was between the cherubim, and took and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen; who took it, and went out.
 8And there appeared in the cherubim the form of a man's hand under their wings.
 9And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was as the look of a chrysolite stone.
 10And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel were in the midst of a wheel.
 11When they went, they went upon their four sides; they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it: they turned not as they went.
 12And their whole body, and their backs, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels were full of eyes round about, in them four and their wheels.
 13As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, Galgal.
 14And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
 15And the cherubim mounted up. This was the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.
 16And when the cherubim went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the same wheels also turned not from beside them.
 17When they stood, these stood; and when they mounted up, these mounted up with them: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
 18And the glory of Jehovah departed from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.
 19And the cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight, when they went out; and the wheels were beside them; and they stood at the door of the east gate of Jehovah's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.
 20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
 21Each one had four faces, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
 22And as for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I had seen by the river Chebar--their appearance and themselves: they went every one straight before them. (Ezek. 10:1‑22)
earth.
Psa. 82:5• 5They know not, neither do they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are moved. (Psa. 82:5)
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Psa. 82•  (Psa. 82)
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Jer. 4:24• 24I beheld the mountains, and lo, they trembled, and all the hills shook violently. (Jer. 4:24)
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Jer. 5:22• 22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Jer. 5:22)
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Jer. 49:21• 21The earth quaketh at the sound of their fall; there is a cry, the sound whereof is heard in the Red sea. (Jer. 49:21)
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Jer. 50:46• 46At the sound of the taking of Babylon the earth hath quaked, and the cry is heard among the nations. (Jer. 50:46)
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Rev. 6:14• 14And the heaven was removed as a book rolled up, and every mountain and island were removed out of their places. (Rev. 6:14)
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Rev. 20:11• 11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled, and place was not found for them. (Rev. 20:11)
be moved.
Heb. stagger.
Isa. 19:14• 14Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst thereof; and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkard staggereth in his vomit. (Isa. 19:14)
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Isa. 24:19‑20• 19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is completely dissolved, the earth is violently moved.
 20The earth reeleth to and fro like a drunkard, and is shaken like a night hut; and its transgression is heavy upon it; and it falleth and shall not rise again. (Isa. 24:19‑20)
• Book 4, Series 2. The Millennium. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• He has taken His seat in Jerusalem between the Cherubim. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 94-101” by J.N. Darby)
• The Lord takes His place on the throne in Zion as Israel’s holy King, and establishes His righteous government over all the earth (vs. 1-4). (“Book 4.” by B. Anstey)
• In the previous psalm the King is presented as coming; in this psalm He has come and taken His place between the cherubim. (“Psalms 99” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth between the cherubima: let the earth be moved.

JND Translation Notes

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See Note, Ps. 80.1.