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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• 1The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Jer. 5:22• 22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Jer. 5:22)
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stagger.

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Ministry on This Verse

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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• 6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psa. 2:6)
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Psa. 93:1• 1The Lord reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the Lord is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved. (Psa. 93:1)
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Psa. 96:10• 10Say among the heathen that the Lord reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously. (Psa. 96:10)
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Psa. 97:1• 1The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof. (Psa. 97:1)
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Luke 19:12,14• 12He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
 14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us. (Luke 19:12,14)
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Rev. 11:17• 17Saying, We give thee thanks, O Lord God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned. (Rev. 11:17)
people.
Psa. 2:11‑12• 11Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
 12Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him. (Psa. 2:11‑12)
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Psa. 21:8‑9• 8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
 9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. (Psa. 21:8‑9)
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Psa. 97:4• 4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled. (Psa. 97:4)
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Luke 19:27• 27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. (Luke 19:27)
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Phil. 2:12• 12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more 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 did fly upon the wings of the wind. (Psa. 18:10)
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Psa. 80:1• 1<<To the chief Musician upon Shoshannim-eduth, A Psalm of Asaph.>> Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. (Psa. 80:1)
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Ex. 25:22• 22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:22)
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Ezek. 10:1‑22• 1Then I looked, and, behold, in the firmament that was above the head of the cherubims there appeared over them as it were a sapphire stone, as the appearance of the likeness of a throne.
 2And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.
 3Now the cherubims stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.
 4Then the glory of the Lord went up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of the Lord's glory.
 5And the sound of the cherubims' wings was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of the Almighty God when he speaketh.
 6And it came to pass, that when he had commanded the man clothed with linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the cherubims; then he went in, and stood beside the wheels.
 7And one cherub stretched forth his hand from between the cherubims unto the fire that was between the cherubims, and took thereof, and put it into the hands of him that was clothed with linen: who took it, and went out.
 8And there appeared in the cherubims the form of a man's hand under their wings.
 9And when I looked, behold the four wheels by the cherubims, one wheel by one cherub, and another wheel by another cherub: and the appearance of the wheels was as the color of a beryl stone.
 10And as for their appearances, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been 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, even the wheels that they four had.
 13As for the wheels, it was cried unto them in my hearing, O wheel.
 14And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
 15And the cherubims were lifted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river of Chebar.
 16And when the cherubims went, the wheels went by them: and when the cherubims 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 were lifted up, these lifted up themselves also: for the spirit of the living creature was in them.
 18Then the glory of the Lord departed from off the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubims.
 19And the cherubims lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight: when they went out, the wheels also were beside them, and every one stood at the door of the east gate of the Lord'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 of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
 21Every one had four faces apiece, and every one four wings; and the likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.
 22And the likeness of their faces was the same faces which I saw by the river of Chebar, their appearances and themselves: they went every one straight forward. (Ezek. 10:1‑22)
earth.
Psa. 82:5• 5They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course. (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 moved lightly. (Jer. 4:24)
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Jer. 5:22• 22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it? (Jer. 5:22)
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Jer. 49:21• 21The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea. (Jer. 49:21)
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Jer. 50:46• 46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations. (Jer. 50:46)
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Rev. 6:14• 14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved 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 away; and there was found no place for them. (Rev. 20:11)
be moved.
Heb. stagger.
Isa. 19:14• 14The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. (Isa. 19:14)
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Isa. 24:19‑20• 19The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.
 20The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and 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.