Psalms 99:1
The Lord is king; let the nations tremble: he is throned upon cherubs; let earth quake.
Open English Bible (US)
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 Zion, he is high over all the nations.
Cross References
Psalms 2:11Serve the Lord in awe, kiss his feet with trembling,
Psalms 21:8Your hand will reach all your foes, your right hand, all who hate you.
Psalms 80:2before Ephraim, Manasseh, and Benjamin. Stir up your mighty power, come to our help.
Psalms 93:1The Lord has taken his seat on the throne, clothed with majesty, armed with might. Now the world stands firm, to be shaken no more,
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 →