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Psa 99:1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
Ver. 1. **The Lord reigneth** ] Even the Lord Christ, as [Psalms 97:1](../../../kjv/psalms/97/1) .
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**Let the people tremble** ] Let them serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. By the people some understand the Jews, and by the earth all other nations; let there be a general subjection yielded to the sceptre of his kingdom.

Psa 99:2 The LORD [is] great in Zion; and he [is] high above all the people.
Ver. 2. **The Lord is great in Zion** ] In his Church he giveth many great testimonies of his power and presence, and is therefore magnified by his people.
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**And he is high above all the people** ] In the things wherein they deal proudly he is above them, [Exodus 18:11](../../../kjv/exodus/18/11) .

Psa 99:3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy.
**Ver 3. Let them praise thy great and terrible name** ] *Nomen illud maiestativum.* Some hereby understand the name Jehovah, of which [Joshua 7:9](../../../kjv/joshua/7/9) , "What wilt thou do to thy great name?" And [Jeremiah 44:26](../../../kjv/jeremiah/44/26) , "I have sworn by my great name." But God’s name is usually put for God’s self.
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**For it is holy** ] And therefore to be sanctified in righteousness, [Isaiah 5:16](../../../kjv/isaiah/5/16) .

Psa 99:4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
Ver. 4. The king’s strength also loveth judgment] *i.e.* *Abest a Tyrannide.* God abuseth not his kingly power to tyranny, but joineth it with his justice and uprightness. Regiment without righteousness is but robbery with authority. The Arabic hath it, *Magnificentia regis est, ut diligat aequitatem.*

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Psa 99:5 *Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.*
Ver. 5. **Exalt ye the Lord our God** ] Have high apprehensions of him and answerable expressions; set him up, and set him forth to the utmost.
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**And worship at his footstool** ] *i.e.* At his temple, saith the Chaldee; at the ark of the covenant, say the Rabbis. Austin interpreteth it of Christ’s humanity; which, although of itself it is not to be adored, because it is a creature, yet as it is received into unity of person with the Divinity, and hath a partner agency with the Godhead according to its measure in the works of redemption and mediation, [1 Timothy 2:4](../../../kjv/1-timothy/2/4) , it is to be worshipped. But how hard driven was that second synod of Nice, when they abused this text, among many others, to prove the worshipping of images and pictures!

Psa 99:6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
Ver. 6. **Moses and Aaron among his priests** ] Or chief officers, as [1 Chronicles 18:17](../../../kjv/1-chronicles/18/17) . Moses was, if not a priest, yet a continual intercessor for the people, and a type of Christ, the great mediator of his Church. Aben Ezra calleth him *Cohen haccohanim,* the priest of priests; and Philo, writing his Life, concludeth, this was the life and death of Moses the king, the lawgiver, the prophet, and the chief priest.
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**And Samuel** ] A man that could do much with God likewise, [Jeremiah 15:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/15/1) , and is therefore (as some conceive) called Pethuel, that is, a persuader of God, [Joel 1:1](../../../kjv/joel/1/1) (Alsted).

Psa 99:7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance [that] he gave them.
Ver. 7. **They kept his testimonies** ] And so showed that they called upon God with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, [Hebrews 10:22](../../../kjv/hebrews/10/22) .

Psa 99:8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
Ver. 8. **Thou wast a God, &c.** ] A sin pardoning God, [Nehemiah 9:17](../../../kjv/nehemiah/9/17) . So thou wast to them under the law, so thou wilt be to those under the gospel.
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**Though thou tookest, &c.** ] Though Moses might not enter for his unbelief, and Samuel smarted for indulging his sons.

Psa 99:9 Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God [is] holy.
Ver. 9. **Exalt the Lord** ] *Versus amoibaeus.* See [Psalms 99:5](../../../kjv/psalms/99/5) .

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