King James Version
Psalms 99:5 in the King James Version says “Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool ; for he is holy. he is: or, it is holy” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 99 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool ; for he is holy. he is: or, it is holy”
Psalms 99:5 · KJV
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.
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool ; for he is holy. he is: or, it is holy
Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.
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“Exalt”
H7311to be high actively, to rise or raise (in various applications, literally or figuratively)
“ye the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“our God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“and worship”
H7812to depress, i.e., prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or god)
“at his footstool”
H7272a foot (as used in walking); by implication, a step; by euphemistically the pudenda
“for he is holy”
H6918sacred (ceremonially or morally); (as noun) god (by eminence), an angel, a saint, a sanctuary
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
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