“ Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. ”
Let them praise thy great and terrible name - The word rendered “terrible” means “to be feared or reverenced;” that is, his name - his being - he himself - is suited to inspire awe and reverence....
Let them (b) praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy. (b) Though the wicked rage against God, the godly will praise his Name and mighty power.
XCIX. A Temple Song after Victory. The Ps. is divided into three parts by the refrain Holy is he ( i.e. separate from all defilement) at Psalms 99:3 ; Psalms 99:5 and (in an expanded form) at...
holy. See notes on Psalms 93:1 ; Psalms 93:5 and Exodus 3:5 .
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. Let them praise thy great and terrible name - Let them confess thee to be great and terrible: let them tremble before thee. For it is...
Let them, &c.— They shall praise, they shall do homage to thy great and terrible name, because it is holy: Green adds, and powerful, from the next verse, which he renders thus: The king lo...
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy. Let them (namely, 'all the peoples') praise thy great and terrible name - prophetic of what shall be; therefore put imperatively,...
Great and terrible name. — The rabbins see here the mystic tetragrammaton, whose pronunciation was kept so secret. For it is holy. — This is grammatically possible, but as Psalms 99:5 ; Psalms...
Psalms 99:1-9 DELITZSCH has well called this psalm "an earthly echo of the seraphic Trisagion," the threefold proclamation of the Divine holiness, which Isaiah. Isaiah 6:3 It is, as already note...
Worship the Great and Holy One Psalms 99:1-9 This psalm has its counterpart in Psalms 97:1-12 . There Jehovah's reign is associated with the gladness of faith; here with the trembling of morta...
This is a song of the Kingdom of Jehovah as founded upon and administered in holiness. There are three distinct parts, each ending with practically the same refrain. The first acclaims the King enthr...
I do not presume to speak decidedly upon this, or any other part of the divine word. As one indeed treading holy ground, I would put off the shoes from my feet. But I would humbly ask, is not this ca...
Let them praise thy great and terrible name ,.... All people, especially the Lord's people; those that dwell in Zion, where his name is great, in high esteem, venerable, and valued; as his name Jesu...
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...
The Lord reigneth, let the people tremble Namely, such of them as are enemies to God and his truth. He sitteth between the cherubims Upon the ark; that is, he is present with his people, to prote...
The Dominion of God. 1 The L ORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth b...
Them, to wit, all people , last mentioned. For it is holy; for it is not only great, but holy, and therefore most praise-worthy.
INTRODUCTION This Psalm is one of the series of Psalms which celebrate the Kingship of Jehovah. “All these Psalms,” says Perowne, “alike tell of the setting up of a Divine kingdom upon earth. All al...
All the Versions ascribe this psalm to David, except the Chaldee, which, like the Hebrew, has no title. The occasion of its being composed is not known. Psalms 99:1 . He sitteth between the cherub...
The Lord reigneth. The rulership of God over the world I. As seen in symbol. “He sitteth between the cherubim.” This reference to the Shekinah teaches us that His reign is-- 1. Moral. 2....
EXPOSITION HERE we have the last of the series of Second Advent psalms, which began with Psalms 93:1-19 . The first of them, the fifth, and the last, commence in the same way—with the watchwo...
Praise of the Messiah, the Thrice Holy. The psalmist, in this hymn of praise which fits so well into this series, sets forth the merciful government of God, particularly as exercised in and for Hi...
1 Samuel 2:2 ; Deuteronomy 28:58 ; Deuteronomy 7:21 ; Isaiah 6:3 ; Jeremiah 20:11 ; John 17:11 ; Joshua 24:19 ; Nehemiah 1:5 ; Nehemiah 4:14 ; Nehemiah 9:32 ; Psalms 66:3 ; Psalms 76:12 ;...
Them — All people.