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Psalms 99:8

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 99:8 God is a forgiving God, as he himself says in Exodus 34:7. His people, even the best of them (Moses, Aaron, and Samuel; Psalms 99:6), rely on this, not on their own moral excellence.

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See also Psalms 99:8 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 99:8. _THOU - FORGAVEST THEM_] When the people had sinned, and wrath was about to descend on them, Moses and Aaron interceded for them, and they were not destroyed. _TOOKEST VENGEANCE O...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THOU ANSWEREDST THEM, O LORD OUR GOD - The reference here is to God as “our” God; that is, the language used by those who now worship him is designed to give encouragement in approaching his throne. T...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 99 The Reign of Righteousness _ 1. His throne (Psalms 99:1)_ 2. Judgment and righteousness executed (Psalms 99:4) 3. His gracious dealings ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 Psalms 9...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THEM. Moses and Aaron. GOD. Hebrew El. App-4. IV THEM... THEIR. the People. TOOKEST VENGEANCE. Compare Numbers 20:12.Deuteronomy 3:26; Psalms 106:32;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THOU ANSWEREDST THEM, &C.— Fenwick renders this verse thus: Them, Lord our God, thou didst accept; Through them thou didst forbear, and mercy grant, Though thy just vengeance had the people seiz'd. T...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    Psalms 98, 99 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Shorter Service of Song (for a Sabbath Day). ANALYSIS Psalms 98: An Invitation to Sing the New Song of Jehovah's Victory in behalf of the House of Israel. Psalms...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them. -Admonition to Israel, literal and spiritual, to be instructed by...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 90:106 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ GOD... HE IS *HOLY! PSALMS 99 (THE SIXTH AND LAST *ROYAL PSALM) Jesus prayed (to God), "*Holy Father". ...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOU TOOKEST VENGEANCE OF THEIR INVENTIONS (or, _works_). — This does not refer to the personages just mentioned but to the people at large. The train of thought is as follows: — “There are great sain...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵינוּ֮ אַתָּ֪ה עֲנִ֫יתָ֥ם אֵ֣ל נֹ֭שֵׂא...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 99:1 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 noted, a pen...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    WORSHIP THE GREAT AND HOLY ONE Psalms 99:1 This psalm has its counterpart in Psalms 97:1. There Jehovah's reign is associated with the gladness of faith; here with the trembling of mortal and sinful...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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 enthro...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of (e) their inventions. (e) The more liberally God deals with his people, the more he punishe...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Perhaps this is particularly added concerning those eminently gracious men, to show us, that notwithstanding the sanctity of their character, they were men of like passions with ourselves. Therefore t...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _PARDON WITH PUNISHMENT_ Thou wast a God that forgavest them, though Thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.’ Psalms 99:8 The truths that lie in the text are these: pardon and retribution are ev...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    8._O Jehovah our God _The prophet here reminds them that God had heard their prayers because his grace and their piety harmonized. Consequently, encouraged by their exemplary success in prayer, their...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 99, though simple in its character, embraces some important principles. Jehovah now reigns, not only in making manifest heavenly power, but in the establishment of that power as king upon the e...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THOU ANSWEREDST THEM, O LORD OUR GOD,.... This is repeated to show the certainty of it, and to encourage the people of God, in all ages, to pray unto him: THOU WAST A GOD THAT FORGAVEST THEM; even Mo...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions. Ver. 8. _Thou wast a God, &c._] A sin pardoning God, Nehemiah 9:17. So th...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou answeredst them, O Lord_ Namely, the intercessors before mentioned. _Thou forgavest them_ Either, 1st, Moses and Aaron, who sinned, and whose sins God pardoned, yet so that he punished them with...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Thou answeredst them, O Lord, our God; Thou wast a God that forgavest them, the entire people of the children of Israel, THOUGH THOU TOOKEST VENGEANCE OF THEIR INVENTIONS, punishing them for their mis...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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 His C...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    6-9 The happiness of Israel is made out by referring to the most useful governors of that people. They in every thing made God's word and law their rule, knowing that they could not else expect that...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    ANSWEREDST THEM; the intercessors before mentioned. Forgavest them; either, 1. Moses and Aaron, who did sin, and whose sins God did pardon, yet so that he did punish them with exclusion from the land...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 99:8 answered H6030 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 God-Who-Forgives H410 H5375 (H8802) vengeance H5358 ...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 99:8 The truths that lie in the text are these: pardon and retribution are ever united. They spring from one source of holy love, and they ought to become to us the occasions of solemn and tha...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Call to praise God because of the glories of His Kingdom among men. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Samuel, Aaron, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: The holiness of God's name makes it truly great to His frie...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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 cherubims...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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. Mercifu...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Thou wast a God that forgavest them, though Thou tookest vengeance of their inventions._ PARDON WITH PUNISHMENT A very great and grave mistake about the whole relations of forgiveness and retributio...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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 alik...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION HERE we have the last of the series of Second Advent psalms, which began with Psalms 93:1. The first of them, the fifth, and the last, commence in the same way—with the watchword, "The Lord...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    The LORD reigneth (Psalms 99:1); Starts out as did Psalms 97:1-12. "The Lord reigneth." let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubims; let the earth be moved (Psalms 99:1). Now the cherubims...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Deuteronomy 3:26; Deuteronomy 9:19; Deuteronomy 9:20; Ecclesiastes 7:29;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Them — The intercessors before mentioned. Forgavest — The people for whom they prayed, so far as not to inflict that total destruction upon them which they deserved;...

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