Psalms 99:8
Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God: thou wast a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
9Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: for the Lord our God is holy.
Cross References
Exodus 32:34But go thou, and lead this people whither I have told thee: my angel shall go before thee. And I in the day of revenge will visit this sin also of theirs.
Numbers 11:33As yet the flesh was between their teeth, neither had that kind of meat failed: when behold the wrath of the Lord being provoked against the people, struck them with an exceeding great plague.
Numbers 20:12And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: Because you have not believed me, to sanctify me before the children of Israel, you shall not bring these people into the land, which I will give them.
Deuteronomy 3:26And the Lord was angry with me on your account and heard me not, but said to me: It is enough: speak no more to me of this matter.
2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because thou hast given occasion to the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, for this thing, the child that is born to thee, shall surely die.
Psalms 89:33I will visit their iniquities with a rod: and their sins with stripes.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 99:7-9
Divine Justice and Mercy. 6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord , and he answered them. 7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them. 8 Thou answeredst them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. 9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy. The happiness of Israel in God's… Read the whole commentary →