KJV King James Version
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Psalm 99:5
Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
WEB World English Bible
Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
ASV American Standard Version
Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his footstool: Holy is he.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And bow yourselves at His footstool, holy is He.
Surrounding context — Psalm 99
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.
5 Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; [for] he [is] holy.
6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance [that] he gave them.
8 Thou answeredst them, O LORD our God: thou wast a God that forgavest them, though thou tookest vengeance of their inventions.
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Cross-references
Psalm 132:7We will go into his tabernacles: we will worship at his footstool.Isaiah 66:1Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?Exodus 15:2The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Psalm 108:5Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens: and thy glory above all the earth;Psalm 34:3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.Isaiah 12:4And in that day shall ye say, Praise the LORD, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.Isaiah 25:1O LORD, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things; thy] counsels of old [are] faithfulness [and] truth.Psalm 99:9Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the LORD our God [is] holy.Psalm 99:3Let them praise thy great and terrible name; [for] it [is] holy.Psalm 21:13Be thou exalted, LORD, in thine own strength: [so] will we sing and praise thy power.Leviticus 19:2Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I the LORD your God [am] holy.Psalm 118:28Thou [art] my God, and I will praise thee: [thou art] my God, I will exalt thee.1 Chronicles 28:2Then David the king stood up upon his feet, and said, Hear me, my brethren, and my people: [As for me], I [had] in mine heart to build an house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and for the footstool of our God, and had made ready for the building:Psalm 107:32Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.Hosea 11:7And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt [him].
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