Psaltaren 99
1 HERREN är nu konung! Därför darra folken. Han som tronar på keruberna! Därför skälver jorden.
Yahweh is the [supreme] king, so [all] the people-groups should tremble ([in his presence/in front of him])! He sits on his throne [in the temple] above the [statues of] winged creatures, [so] the earth should quake/shake!
2 HERREN är stor i Sion, och upphöjd är han över alla folk.
Yahweh is a mighty [king] in Jerusalem; [but] he is [also] the supreme ruler of all people-groups.
3 Därför prisar man ditt namn, det stora och fruktansvärda. Helig är han.
[So] they should praise him because he is very great/powerful; and he is holy!
4 Och konungen i sin makt älskar vad rätt är. Ja, du håller rättvisa vid makt, rätt och rättfärdighet övar du i Jakob.
He is a mighty king who (loves/is pleased with) what is just/right; he has acted justly and fairly [DOU] in Israel.
5 Upphöjen HERREN, vår Gud, och tillbedjen vid hans fotapall. Helig är han.
Praise Yahweh our God! Worship him [in front of the Sacred Chest in his temple] [MTY], where he rules people. He is holy!
6 Mose och Aron voro bland hans präster, och Samuel bland dem som åkallade hans namn; de ropade till HERREN, och han svarade dem.
Moses and Aaron were two of his priests; Samuel also was someone who prayed to him. Those [three] cried out to Yahweh [to help them], and he answered them.
7 I molnstoden talade han då till dem; de höllo hans vittnesbörd och den lag som han gav dem.
He spoke to Moses and Aaron from the cloud [that was like a huge] pillar; they obeyed [all] the laws and commandments [DOU] that he gave to them.
8 Ja, HERRE, vår Gud, du svarade dem; du var mot dem en förlåtande Gud -- och en hämnare över deras gärningar.
Yahweh, our God, you answered [your people] [when they cried out to you to help them]; you are a God who forgave them [for those sins that they had committed], even though you punished them for the things that they did that are wrong.
9 Upphöjen HERREN, vår Gud, och tillbedjen inför hans heliga berg. Ty helig är HERREN, vår Gud.
Praise Yahweh, our God, and worship him [at the temple] on his sacred hill; [it is right to do that] because Yahweh, our God, is holy!
