To call God holy is to speak truly about him as wholly good. If we’re honest, it also involves us confessing that we are NOT holy or good, not like he is. Any goodness we have is a very dim reflection of his dazzling brilliance. Psalm 99 repeats three times: He is holy!
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We are listening to Psalm 99 from Book 4 of the Psalms. At first it seems to be an elaborated version of Psalm 93. It begins by proclaiming "Yahweh reigns" (so does Psalm 97 by the way). It lifts high God's praise, but then it starts laying down its own fresh emphases. As we said before, all the Psalms from 90-100 have some intricate links between them and you would be blessed from in-depth study of all of these psalms.
Psalm 99 names three of Israel's leaders who had priestly functions and intimacy with God (Moses, Aaron and Samuel), though they served in other ways too. Moses was a messenger for God's law, Aaron was the first high priest to serve at the tabernacle, and Samuel also anointed Israel's first two kings. Psalm 99 emphasizes that God is holy, his name is holy, and he reigns. Besides the links to Isaiah 6 and Revelation 4, this psalm also echoes the Lord's Prayer in Matthew 6:9-13. Today, pray the Lord's prayer while keeping in mind the rich background of Psalm 99.
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