KJV King James Version
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
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Psalm 99:1
The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth above the cherubim; let the earth be moved.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah hath reigned, peoples tremble, The Inhabitant of the cherubs, the earth shaketh.
Surrounding context — Psalm 99
1 The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth [between] the cherubims; let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD [is] great in Zion; and he [is] high above all the people.
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy.
4 The king’s strength also loveth judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
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Psalm 97:1The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad [thereof].Exodus 25:22And 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.Psalm 93:1The 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 97:4His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.Psalm 80:1To 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.Revelation 20:11And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.Psalm 2:11-12Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this [man] to reign over us.Isaiah 24:19-20The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.Jeremiah 5:22Fear 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?Luke 19:27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay [them] before me.Psalm 2:6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.Jeremiah 49:21The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.Psalm 21:8-9Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.Psalm 96:10Say 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.Philippians 2:12Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling.Revelation 6:14And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.Jeremiah 50:46At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
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