Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy!
Parallel translations
- WEB Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
- KJV Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
- NKJV Let them praise Your great and awesome name— He is holy.
- NASB May they praise Your great and awesome name; Holy is He.
- NLT Let them praise your great and awesome name. Your name is holy!
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Quick answer
Let the nations praise God's great and awesome name, for He is holy. His holiness is the ground of all worship.
Overview
The refrain 'He is holy' marks the central theme of Psalm 99, calling all peoples to praise God's name. His holiness is both His moral purity and His set-apart majesty above all creation. This holiness, which sinners cannot approach on their own, is made accessible through Christ, who makes His people holy.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 6:3And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”
- Deut 28:58If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
- Ps 111:9He has sent redemption to His people; He has ordained His covenant forever; holy and awesome is His name.
- Rev 15:3–4and they sang the song of God’s servant Moses and of the Lamb: “Great and wonderful are Your works, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are Your ways, O King of the nations!
- Ps 145:17The LORD is righteous in all His ways and kind in all His deeds.
- Neh 1:5Then I said: “O LORD, God of heaven, the great and awesome God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion with those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Ps 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
- John 17:11I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
- Deut 7:21Do not be terrified by them, for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a great and awesome God.
- Rev 4:8And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!”
- Neh 4:14After I had made an inspection, I stood up and said to the nobles, the officials, and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your brothers, your sons and your daughters, your wives and your homes.”
- 1 Sam 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- Josh 24:19But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.
- Ps 76:1For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of Asaph. A song. God is known in Judah; His name is great in Israel.
- Neh 9:32So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
- Jer 20:11But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore, my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. Since they have not succeeded, they will be utterly put to shame, with an everlasting disgrace that will never be forgotten.
- Ps 76:12He breaks the spirits of princes; He is feared by the kings of the earth.
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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