Psalms 99:1 meaning and explanation
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
Psalms 99:1, Berean Standard Bible
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Psalm 99 opens with a declaration that the LORD reigns, and the response is trembling among the nations. The psalmist is not describing a distant deity but the God of Israel, enthroned above the cherubim, the golden figures on the ark's cover in the Most Holy Place, where Israel understood God to be present and ruling.
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