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Psalm 99:3-5
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 99:3-5
New Catholic Bible
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name:[a]
holy is he!
4 Mighty King, you love justice,
and you have established fairness;
in Jacob[b] you have brought about
what is just and right.
5 Exalt the Lord, our God,
and worship at his footstool;
holy is he![c]
Footnotes
- Psalm 99:3 Name: see note on Ps 5:12. Holy is he: God is so holy that he infinitely transcends all the realities of our universe; furthermore, because he is holy himself, God calls upon his people to be holy too (see Lev 11:44). They must consecrate themselves wholly to him (see also Mt 5:48; Rom 12:1).
- Psalm 99:4 God is completely just by nature. He gave the law to his people so that they could live in his ways. Paul characterizes the Gospel as the revelation of the justice (“righteousness”) of God (see Rom 1:17). Jacob: i.e., Israel (see Gen 32:29).
- Psalm 99:5 God is portrayed seated in heaven with his feet resting on the earth as on a footstool (see Isa 66:1), and more specifically on Mount Zion (see Ps 132:7; 1 Chr 28:2; Lam 2:1). The people are to praise and worship the Lord at his footstool.
