Psalms

The Psalter is Israel’s hymnbook: lament, praise, thanksgiving, royal psalms, and wisdom. It trains the heart to speak to God in trouble and in joy, and it points ahead to the Messiah.

Author: David and others
Date: c. 1400–400 BC
Theme: Prayers and songs for every season of the life of faith.
Key verses: Psalm 23; Psalm 51; Psalm 119:105
American Standard Version

Psalms 99

1Jehovah reigneth; let the peoples tremble: He sitteth [above] the cherubim; let the earth be moved. 2Jehovah is great in Zion; And he is high above all the peoples. 3Let them praise thy great and terrible name: Holy is he. 4The king’s strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob. 5Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his footstool: Holy is he. 6Moses and Aaron among his priests, And Samuel among them that call upon his name; They called upon Jehovah, and he answered them. 7He spake unto them in the pillar of cloud: They kept his testimonies, And the statute that he gave them. 8Thou answeredst them, O Jehovah our God: Thou wast a God that forgavest them, Though thou tookest vengeance of their doings. 9Exalt ye Jehovah our God, And worship at his holy hill; For Jehovah our God is holy.

American Standard Version (1901). Copyright expired. Public domain.