Psalm 99

1 The Lord reigns; let the people tremble: he sits between the cherubims; let the earth be moved.

2 The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.

3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.

4 The king’s strength also loves judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executes judgment and righteousness in Jacob.

5 Exalt ye the Lord our God, and worship at his footstool; for he is holy.

6 Moses and Aaron among his priests, and Samuel among them that call upon his name; they called upon the Lord, and he answered them.

7 He spake unto them in the cloudy pillar: they kept his testimonies, and the ordinance that he gave them.

8 Thou answers them, O Lord our God: thou wast a God that forgave them, though thou took vengeance of their inventions.

9 Exalt the Lord our God, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy. (KJV)

One of the first areas that I must address in my study of philosophy (the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct) is to define God. This Psalms gives these attributes of God (our Lord):

• The Lord reigns
• he sits enthroned between cherubim
• he is exalted over all the nations
• his name is great and awesome
• he is holy (use three times in this psalm)
• he is mighty
• he loves justice
• he has established equity
• he answers whose who call on him
• he is the God of Jacob and of Israel
• he spoke to Israel
• he gave them statutes and decrees
• he answers them and forgives them
• he punished their misdeeds
• he is to be exalted and worship.

This psalm gives us this list of the above attributes that those who walk in the way of the Lord see in their God.  May I be like those who make up the group that includes Moses, Aaron and Samuel.   This is not so for the ungodly.

I love the phase from verse six “he answers whose who call on him”.  It is amazing how much technology was developed in the last twenty-five years.  We can speak to a phone and will connect us to anyone in the world.  So when those around us question our prayer life, we can reply back “he answers whose who call on him” and I have had my request answered.  I John 5:14 “And this is the confidence we have before Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.” informs me that God answer prayers long before we had the technology to communicate with others across the world.  Man can marvel in the achievements that he has created in the world around him, however, when compared to the creation of God, who just spoke and the universal was created, they are just a reflection of the godlike nature that God instilled in man when He created him.