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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 99 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/99.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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100">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Our <span class="nd">Lord</span> Is King</h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.99.1" class="v19_99_1">1</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.99.1!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Our <span class="nd">Lord</span>, you are King!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_1">You rule from your throne</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_1">above the winged creatures,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.99.1!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_1">as people tremble</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_1">and the earth shakes.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.99.2" class="v19_99_2">2</span>You are praised in Zion,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_2">and you control all nations.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.99.3" class="v19_99_3">3</span>Only you are God!</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_3">And your power alone,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_3">so great and fearsome,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_3">is worthy of praise.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.99.4" class="v19_99_4">4</span>You are our mighty King,<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.99.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_4">a lover of fairness,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_4">who sees that justice is done</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_4">everywhere in Israel.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.99.5" class="v19_99_5">5</span>Our <span class="nd">Lord</span> and our God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_5">we praise you</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_5">and kneel down to worship you,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_5">the God of holiness!</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.99.6" class="v19_99_6">6</span>Moses and Aaron were two</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_6">of your priests.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_6">Samuel was also one of those</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_6">who prayed in your name,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_6">and you, our <span class="nd">Lord</span>,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_6">answered their prayers.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.99.7" class="v19_99_7">7</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.99.7!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You spoke to them</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_7">from a thick cloud,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_7">and they obeyed your laws.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.99.8" class="v19_99_8">8</span>Our <span class="nd">Lord</span> and our God,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_8">you answered their prayers</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_8">and forgave their sins,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_8">but when they did wrong,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_8">you punished them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.99.9" class="v19_99_9">9</span>We praise you, <span class="nd">Lord</span> God,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_9">and we worship you</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_99_9">at your sacred mountain.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_99_9">Only you are God!</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">99.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">winged creatures: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See the note at 80.1.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">99.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">You … King: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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