The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 99:1-9

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EXPOSITION

HERE we have the last of the series of Second Advent psalms, which began with Psalms 93:1-5. 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" (Isaiah 6:3), into three distinct and separate cries, "Holy is he" (Psalms 93:3); "Holy is he" (Psalms 93:5); and "Holy is the Lord our God" (verse 9). This refrain divides the psalm into three unequal portions, viz. Psalms 93:1-3; Psalms 93:4, Psalms 93:5; and verses 6-9.

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