Psalm 99 - Worship at God's Holy Hill

Moses, Aaron, and Samuel are named as examples of prayers God answered.

Psalms 99: The LORD Reigneth, Let the People Tremble

Psalm 99 closes out the run of enthronement psalms, opening 'the LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims,' continuing directly from Psalms 98's celebration of victory.


Jehovah reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits above the cherubim, let the earth be moved.

Jehovah is great in Zion, and he is high above all the peoples.

Let them praise thy great and awesome name. Holy is he.

The king's strength also loves justice. Thou establish equity. Thou execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.

Exalt ye Jehovah our God, and worship at his footstool. Holy is he.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who call upon his name, they called upon Jehovah, and he answered them.

He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, and the statute that he gave them.

Thou answered them, O Jehovah our God. Thou were a God who forgave them, though thou took vengeance on their doings.

Exalt ye Jehovah our God, and worship at his holy hill. For Jehovah our God is holy.

It specifically recalls Moses, Aaron, and Samuel as priests who 'called upon the LORD, and he answered them,' urging readers to 'worship at his footstool,' language paralleled in <a href="/bible/acv/psalms/chapter-132/7">Psalms 132:7</a>. The call to worship at God's holy hill leads straight into the joyful <a href="/bible/acv/psalms/chapter-100">Psalms 100</a>.