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.


The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

The Lord is great in Zion; he is high over all the nations.

Let them give praise to your name, for it is great and to be feared; holy is he.

The king's power is used for righteousness; you give true decisions, judging rightly in the land of Jacob.

Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping at his feet; holy is he.

Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among those who gave honour to his name; they made prayers to the Lord, and he gave answers to them.

His voice came to them from the pillar of cloud; they kept his witness, and the law which he gave them.

You gave them an answer, O Lord our God; you took away their sin, though you gave them punishment for their wrongdoing.

Give high honour to the Lord our God, worshipping with your faces turned to his holy hill; for the Lord 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/bbe/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/bbe/psalms/chapter-100">Psalms 100</a>.