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Psalm 99
Psalm 99
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.
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.
Notes
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Concordance
Commentary
Rashi
Verse 1
<html><b>nations will quake</b> [This] deals with the war of Gog and Magog. Then the nations will quake, as the matter that is said (Zech. 14:12): “And this shall be the plague, etc.” <b>will falter</b> Heb. תנוט, an expression of (73:2): “my feet faltered (נטוי).”</html>
Verse 3
<html><b>They will acknowledge Your name</b> They will acknowledge the might of the King Who loves judgment.</html>
Verse 4
<html><b>and the might of the King Who loves judgment</b> This refers back to the preceding verse. <b>You founded equity</b> You founded compromise and peacemaking between persons, by Your statement (Exod. 23:5): “Should you see your enemy’s donkey lying etc.”; (ibid. verse 4), “Should you come upon Your enemy’s ox, etc.” Now who is it who sees his enemy being kind to him, whose heart will not be inspired to embrace him and kiss him? (Tanchuma).</html>
Verse 7
<html><b>In a pillar of cloud He would speak to them</b> Even with Samuel. This is what is stated (I Sam. 9: 11f.): “and they said to them, Is the seer here? and they answered them and said, He is (יֵש).” You will see a cloud attached to his doorway, as Scripture says (Num. 9:20): “And sometimes the cloud would be…” <b>they kept His testimonies and the statute He gave them</b> The statute that He gave them.</html>
Verse 8
<html><b>a forgiving God</b> [Forgiving] the iniquity of Israel. <b>for them</b> Heb. להם, for their sake. <b>but vengeful</b> You were vengeful for their misdeeds: Moses and Aaron for “Hear now, you rebels!” As for Samuel, because he did not direct his sons in the good way, he died young.</html>
Verse 9
<html><b>for the Lord our God is holy</b> because He is strict with the righteous, He is sanctified in the world, and so He says (Exod. 29:43): “and it will be sanctified with My glory,” meaning “with those glorified by Me.”</html>