Psalm 99

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Psalm 99 is a biblical hymn in the Book of Psalms that exalts God’s holiness and kingship, often recited in Jewish liturgy.

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Psalm 99 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical psalm ⓘ
liturgical text ⓘ
religious hymn ⓘ
addressedTo God of Israel ⓘ
linked to: the LORD
attributedTo traditionally David (in some traditions) ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of Catholic Old Testament canon ⓘ
part of Eastern Orthodox Old Testament canon ⓘ
part of Jewish canon ⓘ
part of Protestant Old Testament canon ⓘ
containsImperative “Exalt the Lord our God” (or equivalent in translations) ⓘ
“Let the peoples tremble” (or equivalent in translations) ⓘ
“Worship at his footstool” (or equivalent in translations) ⓘ
genre enthronement psalm ⓘ
hymn of praise ⓘ
keyConcept God as king over all peoples ⓘ
God enthroned between the cherubim ⓘ
God’s love of justice ⓘ
God’s responsiveness to prayer ⓘ
call to praise God’s great and awesome name ⓘ
language Biblical Hebrew ⓘ
liturgicalUse Christian liturgy ⓘ
Jewish liturgy ⓘ
mentions Aaron ⓘ
Moses ⓘ
Samuel ⓘ
Zion ⓘ
openingWordsEnglish The Lord reigns ⓘ
openingWordsHebrewTransliteration Adonai malakh ⓘ
partOf Book of Psalms ⓘ
linked to: Psalms

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
positionInBook 99 ⓘ
primaryTheme divine kingship ⓘ
holiness of God ⓘ
justice and righteousness ⓘ
reverence for God ⓘ
refrainTheme “He is holy” ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ
structureFeature references to historical leaders of Israel ⓘ
repeated acclamation of God’s holiness ⓘ
subjectOf biblical commentaries ⓘ
liturgical music settings ⓘ
scholarly exegesis ⓘ
theologicalEmphasis God’s holiness distinguished from human sinfulness ⓘ
mediating role of priests and prophets ⓘ
tradition Masoretic Text numbering: Psalm 99 ⓘ
Septuagint/Vulgate numbering: Psalm 98 ⓘ
usedIn Kabbalat Shabbat (some rites) ⓘ
linked to: Kabbalat Shabbat

weekday Jewish prayers (selected verses, some rites) ⓘ

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Kabbalat Shabbat → includes → Psalm 99 ⓘ