King James Version
Psalms 99:2 in the King James Version says “The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 99 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.”
Psalms 99:2 · KJV
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved. be moved: Heb. stagger
The LORD is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
The king's strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and he is high”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“above all the people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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