Psalms 99:1
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
In Context
2Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.
Cross References
Exodus 25:22And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
1 Chronicles 16:30tremble before Him, all the earth. The world is firmly established; it cannot be moved.
Psalms 2:11Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalms 21:8Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
Psalms 80:2before Ephraim, Benjamin, and Manasseh. Rally Your mighty power and come to save us.
Psalms 93:1The LORD reigns! He is robed in majesty; the LORD has clothed and armed Himself with strength. The world indeed is firmly established; it cannot 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 →