Psalms 99:5

Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy. EXALT YE THE LORD OUR GOD - (PSALMS 34:3 .) AND WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL - the ark of the covenant, which Yahweh, sitting upon the cherubim, as it were touched with His feet (1 Cor. 28:2; Psalms 132:7; Lamentations 2:1). Not as the Septuagint, Vulgate, Syriac, and Arabic versions, 'worship His footstool,' which, unless taken figuratively (as Isaiah 45:14, where Zion is said to worshipped), gives seeming countenance to that which God is the second commandment so sternly forbids-the bowing down...

5_Exalt Jehovah our God _This exhortation is properly addressed to the Church alone, because having been made a partaker of the grace of God, she ought the more zealously to devote herself to his service, and to the love of godliness. The Psalmist, therefore, calls upon the Jews to exalt that God from whom they had received such manifest help, and enjoins them to render that worship appointed in his Law. The temple indeed is frequently in other places denominated _God’s seat, or house, _or rest, or dwelling-place; here it is called his footstool, and for the use of this metaphor, there is the best of all reasons. For God desired to dwell in the midst of his people in such a manner, as not only to direct their thoughts to the outward temple and to the ark of the covenant, but rather to elevate them to things above. Hence the term house or dwelling-place tended to impart courage and confid...

1-5 God governs the world by his providence, governs the church by his grace, and both by his Son. The inhabitants of the earth have cause to tremble, but the Redeemer still waits to be gracious. Let all who hear, take warning, and seek his mercy. The more we humble ourselves before God, the more we exalt him; and let us be thus reverent, for he is holy....

Verse Psalms 99:5. _WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL_] Probably meaning the _ark_ on which the Divine glory was manifested. Sometimes the _earth_ is called God's _footstool_, Matthew 5:35; Isaiah 66:1; sometimes _Jerusalem_; sometimes the _temple_, Lamentations 2:1; sometimes the _tabernacle_, Psalms 32:7; and sometimes the _ark_, 1 Chronicles 28:2. The Israelites, when they worshipped, turned their faces toward the _ark_, beca...

EXALT YE THE LORD OUR GOD - See the notes at Psalms 30:1. The meaning is, Let his name be, as it were, lifted up on high, so as to be conspicuous or seen from afar. Let it be done with a lofty voice; let it be with ascriptions of praise. AND WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL - By humble prostration at his feet. The footstool is that on which the feet rest when one is sitting, and the reference here is to the footstool on which the feet of a king rested when he sat on his throne or chair of state. To worship at his footstool - compare 1 Chronicles 28:2; Psalms 132:7 - denotes the deepest humility and the profoundest prostration and reverence. It is as if

EXPOSITION HERE we have the last of the series of Second Advent psalms, which began with Psalms 93:1. The first of them, the fifth, and the last, commence in the same way—with the watchword, "The Lord reigneth." The first and last lay special stress on holiness, as God's leading characteristic, and as required by him (Psalms 93:5; Psalms 99:3, Psalms 99:5, Psalms 99:9). Delitzsch has called this psalm "the earthly echo of the seraphic Trisagion." It resolves the concentrated declaration, "Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts" ...

EXALT YE THE LORD OUR GOD,.... Christ, who is Lord of all, and Immanuel, God with us, God in our nature, our Lord and our God; exalt him in his person, as God over all, blessed for ever; in his offices of Prophet, Priest, and King, by hearkening to his word, by trusting in his blood, righteousness, and sacrifice, and by submitting to his ordinances, and obeying his commands; exalt him in heart, thought, and affection, thinking highly of him, and affectionately loving him; exalt and extol him in words, speak of his love and loveliness, and of the great things he has done; exalt him in private and in public, in the family and in the house of God; make mention of him everywhere, that his name be exalted: AND WORSHIP AT HIS FOOTSTOOL; worship him who is the object of the adoration of angels, and ought to be of men; worship him privately and publicly, internally and externally, in spirit and...

Psalms 99 The Reign of Righteousness _ 1. His throne (Psalms 99:1)_ 2. Judgment and righteousness executed (Psalms 99:4) 3. His gracious dealings (Psalms 99:7) It is a Psalm of the righteous government. The Lord who reigns is holy, demands obedience. He is holy and must be worshipped. Moses and Aaron were His priests in the past and Samuel among them that called upon His Name. He dealt graciously with His people in the past and forgave them, and the same Lord now reigneth and will deal in righteousness and mercy with His people....

XCIX. A TEMPLE SONG AFTER VICTORY. The Ps. is divided into three parts by the refrain Holy is he (_i.e._ separate from all defilement) at Psalms 99:3; Psalms 99:5 and (in an expanded form) at Psalms 99:9. PSALMS 99:1. The Psalmist praises Yahweh as exalted above all material things. The cherubim seem to recover what was perhaps their original significance, as spirits of the tempest (see on Psalms 18:9). Yahweh is seated on the cherubim, _i.e._ on the throne which they guard....

GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. HE. Compare Psalms 99:3 and Psalms 99:9, and see note on Psalms 93:1; Psalms 93:5....