Psalms 99:1
A psalm for David himself. The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
In Context
2The Lord is great in Sion, and high above all people.
Cross References
Exodus 25:22Thence will I give orders, and will speak to thee over the propitiatory, and from the midst of the two cherubims, which shall be upon the ark of the testimony, all things which I will command the children of Israel by thee.
1 Chronicles 16:30Let all the earth be moved at his presence : for he hath founded the world immoveable.
Psalms 2:11Serve ye the Lord with fear: and rejoice unto him with trembling.
Psalms 21:8For the king hopeth in the Lord: and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
Psalms 80:2Give ear, O thou that rulest Israel: thou that leadest Joseph like a sheep. Thou that sittest upon the cherubims, shine forth
Psalms 93:1The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 99:1
Still we are celebrating the glories of the kingdom of God among men, and are called upon to praise him, as in the foregoing psalms; but those psalms looked forward to the times of the gospel, and prophesied of the graces and comforts of those times; this psalm seems to dwell more upon the Old-Testament dispensation and the manifestation of God's glory and grace in that. The Jews were not, in expectation of the Messiah's kingdom and the evangelical worship, to neglect the divine regimen they were then under, and… Read the whole commentary →