Psalms 99:8
O Yahweh our God! thou, answeredst them,—A pardoning GOD, thou becamest to them, Yet one bringing vengeance on their deeds.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
9Exalt Yahweh our God, And bow down towards his holy mountain, For, holy, is Yahweh our God.
Cross References
Exodus 32:34Now, therefore, go lead the people to the place of which I spake to thee, lo! my messenger, shall go before thee,—But, in the day when I do visit, then will I visit upon them their sin.
Numbers 11:33The flesh, was yet between their teeth, not yet chewed,—when the anger of Yahweh, had kindled upon the people, and Yahweh smote the people, with an exceeding great plague.
Numbers 20:12Then said Yahweh unto Moses and unto Aaron, Because ye believed not in me, to hallow me in the eyes of the sons of Israel, therefore, shall ye not bring in this convocation into the land which I have given unto them.
Deuteronomy 3:26But Yahweh had been provoked with me for your sakes, and hearkened not unto me,—and Yahweh said unto me, Enough for thee! do not add a word unto me further in this matter.
2 Samuel 12:14Nevertheless, because thou hast greatly blasphemed Yahweh, by this thing, the very son that is born to thee, shall, die.
Psalms 89:33But, my lovingkindness, will I not frustrate from them, Neither will I falsify my faithfulness;
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 →