Psalm 99:1
New International Version
The LORD reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake.

New Living Translation
The LORD is king! Let the nations tremble! He sits on his throne between the cherubim. Let the whole earth quake!

English Standard Version
The LORD reigns; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

Berean Standard Bible
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!

King James Bible
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.

New King James Version
The LORD reigns; Let the peoples tremble! He dwells between the cherubim; Let the earth be moved!

New American Standard Bible
The LORD reigns, the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned above the cherubim, the earth quakes!

NASB 1995
The LORD reigns, let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake!

NASB 1977
The LORD reigns, let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake!

Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh reigns, let the peoples tremble; He sits enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth quake!

Amplified Bible
The LORD reigns, let the peoples tremble [with submissive wonder]! He sits enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake!

Christian Standard Bible
The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He is enthroned between the cherubim. Let the earth quake.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He is enthroned above the cherubim. Let the earth quake.

American Standard Version
Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth above the cherubim; let the earth be moved.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
LORD JEHOVAH reigns! The nations will be moved; he sits above the cherubim. The Earth will shake!

Brenton Septuagint Translation
A Psalm of David. The Lord reigns; - let the people rage; it is he that sits upon the cherubs, let the earth be moved.

Contemporary English Version
Our LORD, you are King! You rule from your throne above the winged creatures, as people tremble and the earth shakes.

Douay-Rheims Bible
A psalm for David himself. The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.

English Revised Version
The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble: he sitteth upon the cherubim; let the earth be moved.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The LORD rules as king. Let the people tremble. He is enthroned over the angels. Let the earth quake.

Good News Translation
The LORD is king, and the people tremble. He sits on his throne above the winged creatures, and the earth shakes.

International Standard Version
The LORD reigns— let people tremble; he is seated above the cherubim— let the earth quake.

JPS Tanakh 1917
The LORD reigneth; let the peoples tremble; He is enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake.

Literal Standard Version
YHWH has reigned, peoples tremble, | The Inhabitant of the cherubim, the earth shakes.

Majority Standard Bible
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!

New American Bible
The LORD is king, the peoples tremble; he is enthroned on the cherubim, the earth quakes.

NET Bible
The LORD reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the winged angels; the earth shakes.

New Revised Standard Version
The LORD is king; let the peoples tremble! He sits enthroned upon the cherubim; let the earth quake!

New Heart English Bible
The LORD reigns. Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he setteth between the cherubim; let the earth be moved.

World English Bible
Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.

Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth shaketh.

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Audio Bible



Context
The LORD Reigns
1The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake! 2Great is the LORD in Zion; He is exalted above all the peoples.…

Cross References
Revelation 19:6
And I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude, like the rushing of many waters, and like a mighty rumbling of thunder, crying out: "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns.

Exodus 25:22
And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

Numbers 7:89
When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.

1 Samuel 4:4
So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

Psalm 4:4
Be angry, yet do not sin; on your bed, search your heart and be still. Selah

Psalm 18:10
He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.

Psalm 80:1
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth.


Treasury of Scripture

The LORD reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubim; let the earth be moved.

Lord

Psalm 2:6
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.

Psalm 93:1
The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

Psalm 96:10
Say among the heathen that the LORD reigneth: the world also shall be established that it shall not be moved: he shall judge the people righteously.

people

Psalm 2:11,12
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling…

Psalm 21:8,9
Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee…

Psalm 97:4
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.

he sitteth

Psalm 18:10
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Psalm 80:1
To the chief Musician upon ShoshannimEduth, A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.

Exodus 25:22
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

earth

Psalm 82:5
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.

Jeremiah 4:24
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

Jeremiah 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

be moved.

Isaiah 19:14
The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.

Isaiah 24:19,20
The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly…

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Psalm 99
1. The prophet, setting forth the kingdom of God in Zion
5. Exhorts all, by the example of their forefathers, to worship God at his holy hill














(1) The Lord reigneth.--See Note, Psalm 93:1.

Tremble.--LXX. and Vulg., "be angry." The optative in this and the following clause is after the LXX.; but the Hebrew is in the ordinary present, the peoples tremble, the earth staggers.

He sitteth.--In original a participle.

Between the cherubims . . .--See Notes on Psalm 80:1.

Verse 1. - The Lord reigneth (see the comment on Psalm 93:1). Let the people tremble; literally, the peoples; i.e. all the nations upon earth. He sitteth between the cherubim; rather, he hath his seat upon the cherubim (comp. Psalm 80:2). The imagery is taken from the internal economy of the Jewish temple, where the Shechinah was enthroned above the cherubic forms that overshadowed and guarded the ark. Let the earth be moved; or, quake (comp. Psalm 114:7).

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Hebrew
The LORD
יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

reigns,
מָ֭לָךְ (mā·lāḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel

let the nations
עַמִּ֑ים (‘am·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock

tremble!
יִרְגְּז֣וּ (yir·gə·zū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7264: To be agitated, quiver, quake, be excited, perturbed

He is enthroned
יֹשֵׁ֥ב (yō·šêḇ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

above the cherubim.
כְּ֝רוּבִ֗ים (kə·rū·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

Let the earth
הָאָֽרֶץ׃ (hā·’ā·reṣ)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

quake.
תָּנ֥וּט (tā·nūṭ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 5120: To dangle, shake


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