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Psalm 99 [Douay 98]
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Psalm 99 in modern numbering
1 The LORD reigns! Let the peoples tremble. He sits enthroned among the cherubim. Let the earth be moved.
2 The LORD is great in Zion. He is high above all the peoples.
3 Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
4 The King’s strength also loves justice. You establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
5 Exalt the LORD our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests, Samuel was among those who call on his name. They called on the LORD, and he answered them.
7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.
8 You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
9 Exalt the LORD, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for the LORD, our God, is holy!
1 A psalm for David himself. The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.
2 The lord is great in Sion, and high above all people.
3 Let them give praise to thy great name: for it is terrible and holy:
4 And the king’s honour loveth judgment. Thou hast prepared directions: thou hast done judgment and justice in Jacob.
5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore his footstool, for it 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 heard them:
7 He spoke to them in the pillar of the cloud. They kept his testimonies, and the commandment which he gave them.
8 Thou didst hear them, O Lord our God: thou wast a merciful God to them, and taking vengeance on all their inventions.
9 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and adore at his holy mountain: for the Lord our God is holy.
This chapter in the Catechism and the early Church
Where the Catechism of the Catholic Church cites these verses (from its footnotes on vatican.va), and where the earliest Church Fathers quote them (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1, public domain). Short quotes only; follow the links for the full text. The Catechism uses modern verse numbers and psalm numbers (one higher than Douay-Rheims for most psalms), so these are listed by chapter.
- Psalm 99:1 in modern Bibles
Read the Fathers
“In the pillar of the cloud He spake to them; for they kept His testimonies and His commandments which He gave them.”
Quoted in Dialogue with Trypho, St. Justin Martyr (c. AD 160), Chapter LXIV. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1
“And those who said, "The Lord hath reigned; let the people be enraged: [even] He who sitteth upon the cherubim; let the earth be moved,”
Quoted in Against Heresies, Book IV, St. Irenaeus of Lyons (c. AD 180), Chapter XXXIII. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1