Psalms 99:1
The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
Psalms 99:1 in other translations
| BSB | The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake! |
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| WEB | The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved. |
| ASV | Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth above the cherubim; let the earth be moved. |
| YLT | Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth shaketh. |
| DARBY | Jehovah reigneth: let the peoples tremble. He sitteth between the cherubim: let the earth be moved. |
| BBE | The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved. |
| Webster | The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he setteth between the cherubim; let the earth be moved. |
What does Psalms 99:1 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Psa 99:1-9. God's government is especially exercised in and for His Church, which should praise Him for His gracious dealings.
1. sitteth ... cherubim--(compare 1Sa 4:4; Psa 80:1). tremble ... be moved--inspired with fear by His judgments on the wicked.Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Introduction
The empire of God in the world and the Church, Psa 99:1, Psa 99:2. He ought to be praised, Psa 99:3. Justice and judgment are his chief glory, Psa 99:4. He should be worshipped as among the saints of old, whom he graciously answered and saved, Psa 99:5-8. Exalt him because he is holy, Psa 99:9. The Hebrew and Chaldee have no title; all the versions but the Chaldee attribute it to David. The Syriac says it concerns "the slaughter of the Midianites which Moses and the children of Israel had taken captive; and is a prophecy concerning the glory of the kingdom of Christ." But the mention of Samuel shows that it cannot be referred to the time of Moses. Calmet thinks that it was sung at the dedication of the city, or of the second temple, after the return from the Babylonish captivity. Eight of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS. join it to the preceding psalm. Verse 1 The Lord reigneth - See the note on Psa 97:1. Let the people tremble - He will establish his kingdom in spite of his enemies; let those who oppose him tremble for the consequences. He sitteth between the cherubims - This is in reference to the ark, at each end of which was a cherub of glory; and the shechinah, or symbol of the Divine Presence, appeared on the lid of the ark, called also the mercy-seat, between the cherubim. Sitting between the cherubim implies God's graciousness and mercy. While then, in his reign, he was terrible to sinners, he is on the throne of grace to all who fear love, and obey him. Though this symbol were not in the second temple, yet the Divine Being might very well be thus denominated, because it had become one of his titles, he having thus appeared under the tabernacle and first temple.Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 99:1-5
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Psalms 99:1 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 99:1
- Exodus 25:22
And 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.
- Psalms 97:1
The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
- Psalms 93:1
The 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.
- Psalms 97:4
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
- Psalms 80:1
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.
- Revelation 20:11
And 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.
- Jeremiah 5:22
Fear 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?
- Philippians 2:12
Wherefore, 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.
- Luke 19:14
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
- Luke 19:27
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
- Jeremiah 49:21
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
- Isaiah 19:14
The 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.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
5 exhorts all, by the example of their forefathers, to worship God at his holy hill.
Lord.
2:6; 93:1; 96:10; 97:1; Lu 19:12,14; Re 11:17
people.
2:11,12; 21:8,9; 97:4; Lu 19:27; Php 2:12
he sitteth.
18:10; 80:1; Ex 25:22; Eze 10:1-22
earth.
82:5; *marg:
Jer 4:24; 5:22; 49:21; 50:46; Re 6:14; 20:11
be moved. Heb. stagger.
Isa 19:14; 24:19,20
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Context
- Psalms 99:1
The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
- Psalms 99:2
The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
Psalms 99:1 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | JEHOVÁ reinó, temblarán los pueblos: él está sentado sobre los querubines, conmoveráse la tierra. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’ Éternel règne: que les peuples tremblent! Il est assis entre les chérubins: que la terre s’émeuve! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Jehova regiert: es zittern die Völker; er thront zwischen den Cherubim: es wankt die Erde. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Psalmus in confessione. |