Psalms 99:9

9 Praise the Lord our God, and worship at his sacred hill! The Lord our God is holy.

Psalms 99:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 99:9

Exalt the Lord our God
Having given the above instances of Moses, Aaron, and Samuel, serving and worshipping the Lord, the psalmist repeats the exhortation in ( Psalms 99:5 ) , which he enforces by their example; (See Gill on Psalms 99:5):

and worship at his holy hill;
the holy hill of Zion, the church; attend the public worship and service of it: the Targum is,

``worship at the mountain of the house of his sanctuary; the temple, a type of the church of Christ:''

for the Lord our God is holy;
his nature is holy, and he is glorious in the perfection of his holiness, and therefore to be praised and exalted; and his name is holy, and so reverend, and therefore to be worshipped; see in ( Psalms 99:3 Psalms 99:5 ) .

Psalms 99:9 In-Context

7 He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud; they obeyed the laws and commands that he gave them.
8 O Lord, our God, you answered your people; you showed them that you are a God who forgives, even though you punished them for their sins.
9 Praise the Lord our God, and worship at his sacred hill! The Lord our God is holy.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. sacred hill: [See 2.6.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.