Exalt Yahweh our God. Worship at his footstool. He is Holy!
Parallel translations
- KJV Exalt ye the LORD our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.
- BSB Exalt the LORD our God, and worship at His footstool; He is holy!
- NKJV Exalt the Lord our God, And worship at His footstool— He is holy.
- NASB Exalt the Lord our God And worship at His footstool; Holy is He.
- NLT Exalt the Lord our God! Bow low before his feet, for he is holy!
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Quick answer
Exalt the LORD and worship at His footstool, for He is holy. Worship is the right response to His holiness.
Overview
The call to worship at God's footstool refers to bowing before His throne or temple, where His presence dwelt. The repeated declaration 'He is holy' grounds this reverence in God's transcendent purity. Believers now worship the holy God with confidence through Christ, who opened the way into His presence.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Ps 132:7“We will go into his dwelling place. We will worship at his footstool.
- Isa 66:1Yahweh says, “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?
- Exod 15:2Yah is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
- Ps 108:5Be exalted, God, above the heavens! Let your glory be over all the earth.
- Ps 34:3Oh magnify Yahweh with me. Let us exalt his name together.
- Isa 12:4In that day you will say, “Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name. Declare his doings among the peoples. Proclaim that his name is exalted!
- Isa 25:1Yahweh, you are my God. I will exalt you! I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, things planned long ago, in complete faithfulness and truth.
- Ps 99:3Let them praise your great and awesome name. He is Holy!
- Ps 99:9Exalt Yahweh, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh, our God, is holy!
- Ps 21:13Be exalted, Yahweh, in your strength, so we will sing and praise your power.
- Lev 19:2“Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘You shall be holy; for I, Yahweh your God, am holy.
- 1 Chr 28:2Then David the king stood up on his feet, and said, “Hear me, my brothers, and my people! As for me, it was in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and for the footstool of our God; and I had prepared for the building.
- Ps 118:28You are my God, and I will give thanks to you. You are my God, I will exalt you.
- Ps 107:32Let them exalt him also in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the seat of the elders.
- Hos 11:7My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.
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