Psalm 99:1
Old Testament • 11 words with Strong's data
"The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth between the cherubims; let the earth be moved."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יְהֹוָה
Yᵉhôvâh
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
מָלַךְ
mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
חָרַד
chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
יָשַׁב
yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
שָׁאַר
shâʼar
properly, to swell up, i.e. be (causatively, make) redundant
אֶרֶץ
ʼerets
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
סוּת
çûwth
properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce
Key Terms in This Verse
מָלַךְ mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
Study H4427 →חָרַד chârad
to shudder with terror; hence, to fear; also to hasten (with anxiety)
Study H2729 →יָשַׁב yâshab
properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry
Study H3427 →סוּת çûwth
properly, to prick, i.e. (figuratively) stimulate; by implication, to seduce
Study H5496 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →עַם ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
Study H5971 →Cross References
The LORD reigneth; let the earth rejoice; let the multitude of isles be glad thereof.
And 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...
Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth.
The 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.
His lightnings enlightened the world: the earth saw, and trembled.
And 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.
And the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
Wherefore, 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.
Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.
The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
At the noise of the taking of Babylon the earth is moved, and the cry is heard among the nations.
But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
Fear 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...
He said therefore, A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
Say 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.
Saying, We give thee thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which art, and wast, and art to come; because thou hast taken to thee thy great power, and hast reigned.
They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course.
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