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Psalms 99:2

Jehovah in Zion [is] great, And high He [is] over all the peoples.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

In Context

1Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth shaketh.

3They praise Thy name, 'Great, and fearful, holy [it] is.'

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Cross References

Psalms 47:3He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

Psalms 48:1A Song, a Psalm, by sons of Korah. Great [is] Jehovah, and praised greatly, In the city of our God — His holy hill.

Psalms 66:7Ruling by His might to the age, His eyes among the nations do watch, The refractory exalt not themselves. Selah.

Psalms 97:9For Thou, Jehovah, [art] Most High over all the earth, Greatly Thou hast been exalted over all gods.

Isaiah 12:6Cry aloud, and sing, O inhabitant of Zion, For great in thy midst [is] the Holy One of Israel!'

Daniel 4:34'And at the end of the days I, Nebuchadnezzar, mine eyes to the heavens have lifted up, and mine understanding unto me returneth, and the Most High I have blessed, and the Age-during Living One I have praised and honoured, whose dominion [is] a dominion age-during, and His kingdom with generation and generation;

Matthew Henry on Psalms 99:2-6

The Dominion of God. 1 The Lord reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. 2 The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people. 3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. 4 The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob. 5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. The foundation of all religion is laid in this truth, That the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

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