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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...
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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...
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Psalms 99
The Reign of Righteousness
_ 1. His throne (Psalms 99:1)_
2. Judgment and righteousness executed (Psalms 99:4)
3. His gracious dealings ...
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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...
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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;...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 90:106
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
GOD... HE IS *HOLY!
PSALMS 99
(THE SIXTH AND LAST *ROYAL PSALM)
Jesus prayed (to God), "*Holy Father". ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Psalms 99:8 answered H6030 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430
God-Who-Forgives H410 H5375 (H8802) vengeance H5358 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 99:1. This is another hymn celebrating
God’s kingship over all his creation. The focus is on his exalted
holiness (vv. Psalms 99:3,...
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 99:6 These verses explore the wonder of being
God’s people, whom he actually welcomes into his presence. In
mentioning MOSES, AARON, and SAMUEL, the psalm remind
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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
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 3:26; Deuteronomy 9:19; Deuteronomy 9:20; Ecclesiastes
7:29;...
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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;...