Psalm 99

Worship God who rules with justice

¹The Lord rules as king!

People on earth should shake with fear !

The Lord sits on his throne as king

above the cherubs !

The earth itself should shake!

²The Lord is a great king in Zion .

He rules with power

over all the world's nations .

³So they should all praise your great name.

It is a name that brings fear !

The Lord is holy !

⁴You are a strong king who loves justice .

You have made fair rules,

so that people in Israel do what is right.

⁵Praise the Lord our God!

Worship him as king.

He is holy!

⁶Moses and Aaron were two of his priests .[#99:6 This is the only place in the Bible where it says that Moses was a . Priests were God's special servants. They all came from the family of Aaron, who was Moses' brother.]

Samuel was among those who prayed to him.

They prayed to the Lord

and he answered them.

⁷He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud.[#99:7 The of cloud led the Israelites across the from Egypt to Canaan.]

They obeyed his rules and his commands .

⁸Yes, you answered them, Lord our God.

You forgave the sins of your people.

But when they did wrong things,

you punished them.

⁹Praise the Lord our God!

Go and worship him on his holy hill,

because the Lord our God is holy!