Psalms 99:1

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Lord is King; let the peoples be in fear: his seat is on the winged ones; let the earth be moved.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְהוָ֣ה מָ֭לָךְ יִרְגְּז֣וּ עַמִּ֑ים יֹשֵׁ֥ב כְּ֝רוּבִ֗ים תָּנ֥וּט הָאָֽרֶץ׃

Transliteration

YHWH mālāḵ yirgəzû ʿammîm yōšēḇ kərûḇîm tānûṭ the ʾāreṣ

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *mālāḵ*: qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular - reigned/became king
• *yirgəzû*: qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural - tremble/rage
• *ʿammîm*: common noun, masculine plural construct - peoples/nations
• *yōšēḇ*: qal participle, masculine singular construct - dwelling/enthroned upon
• *kərûḇîm*: common noun, masculine plural - cherubim
• *tānûṭ*: qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - shake/quake/totter
• *ʾāreṣ*: common noun, feminine singular with definite article - earth/land

Word Meanings

• *mālāḵ*: has become king/reigns/is king
• *yirgəzû*: tremble/rage/be agitated
• *yōšēḇ*: sits enthroned/dwelling on/inhabitant of
• *tānûṭ*: shake/quake/totter/be moved

Referenced Verses

• Exod 25:22 : 22 And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.
• Ps 80:1 : 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.
• Ps 97:1 : 1 The Lord is King, let the earth have joy; let all the sea-lands be glad.
• Ps 93:1 : 1 The Lord is King; he is clothed with glory; the Lord is clothed with strength; power is the cord of his robe; the world is fixed, so that it may not be moved.
• Isa 24:19-20 : 19 The earth is completely broken, it is parted in two, it is violently moved. 20 The earth will be moving uncertainly, like a man overcome by drink; it will be shaking like a tent; and the weight of its sin will be on it, crushing it down so that it will not get up again.
• Jer 4:24 : 24 Looking at the mountains, I saw them shaking, and all the hills were moved about.
• Jer 5:22 : 22 Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the sand as a limit for the sea, by an eternal order, so that it may not go past it? and though it is ever in motion, it is not able to have its way; though the sound of its waves is loud, they are not able to go past it.
• Jer 49:21 : 21 The earth is shaking with the noise of their fall; their cry is sounding in the Red Sea.
• Jer 50:46 : 46 At the cry, Babylon is taken! the earth is shaking, and the cry comes to the ears of the nations.
• Ezek 10:1-9 : 1 Then looking, I saw that on the arch which was over the head of the winged ones there was seen over them what seemed like a sapphire stone, having the form of a king's seat. 2 And he said to the man clothed in linen, Go in between the wheels, under the winged ones, and get your two hands full of burning coals from between the winged ones and send them in a shower over the town. And he went in before my eyes. 3 Now the winged ones were stationed on the right side of the house when the man went in; and the inner square was full of the cloud. 4 And the glory of the Lord went up from the winged ones and came to rest over the doorstep of the house; and the house was full of the cloud and the open square was full of the shining of the Lord's glory. 5 And the sound of the wings of the winged ones was clear even in the outer square, like the voice of the Ruler of all. 6 And when he gave orders to the man clothed in linen, saying, Take fire from between the wheels, from between the winged ones, then he went in and took his place at the side of a wheel. 7 And stretching out his hand to the fire which was between the winged ones, he took some of it and went out. 8 And I saw the form of a man's hands among the winged ones under their wings. 9 And looking, I saw four wheels by the side of the winged ones, one wheel by the side of a winged one and another wheel by the side of another: and the wheels were like the colour of a beryl stone to the eye. 10 In form the four of them were all the same, they seemed like a wheel inside a wheel. 11 When they were moving, they went on their four sides without turning; they went after the head in the direction in which it was looking; they went without turning. 12 And the edges of the four wheels were full of eyes round about. 13 As for the wheels, they were named in my hearing, the circling wheels. 14 And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a winged one, and the second was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. 15 And the winged ones went up on high: this is the living being which I saw by the river Chebar. 16 And when the winged ones went, the wheels went by their side: and when their wings were lifted to take them up from the earth, the wheels were not turned from their side. 17 When they were at rest in their place, these were at rest; when they were lifted up, these went up with them: for the spirit of life was in them. 18 Then the glory of the Lord went out from the doorstep of the house, and came to rest over the winged ones. 19 And the winged ones, lifting up their wings, went up from the earth before my eyes, with the wheels by their side: and they came to rest at the east doorway of the Lord's house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them on high. 20 This is the living being which I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and it was clear to me that they were the winged ones. 21 Every one had four faces and every one had four wings; and hands like a man's hands were under their wings. 22 As for the form of their faces, they were the faces whose form I saw by the river Chebar; when they went, every one of them went straight forward.
• Luke 19:12 : 12 So he said, A certain man of high birth went into a far-away country to get a kingdom for himself, and to come back.
• Luke 19:14 : 14 But his people had no love for him, and sent representatives after him, saying, We will not have this man for our ruler.
• Luke 19:27 : 27 And as for those who were against me, who would not have me for their ruler, let them come here, and be put to death before me.
• Phil 2:12 : 12 So then, my loved ones, as you have at all times done what I say, not only when I am present, but now much more when I am not with you, give yourselves to working out your salvation with fear in your hearts;
• Rev 6:14 : 14 And the heaven was taken away like the roll of a book when it is rolled up; and all the mountains and islands were moved out of their places.
• Rev 11:17 : 17 We give you praise, O Lord God, Ruler of all, who is and who was; because you have taken up your great power and are ruling your kingdom.
• Rev 20:11 : 11 And I saw a great white seat, and him who was seated on it, before whose face the earth and the heaven went in flight; and there was no place for them.
• Ps 96:10 : 10 Say among the nations, The Lord is King; yes, the world is ordered so that it may not be moved; he will be an upright judge of the peoples.
• Ps 82:5 : 5 They have no knowledge or sense; they go about in the dark: all the bases of the earth are moved.
• Ps 2:6 : 6 But I have put my king on my holy hill of Zion.
• Ps 2:11-12 : 11 Give worship to the Lord with fear, kissing his feet and giving him honour, 12 For fear that he may be angry, causing destruction to come on you, because he is quickly moved to wrath. Happy are all those who put their faith in him.
• Ps 18:10 : 10 And he went in flight through the air, seated on a storm-cloud: going quickly on the wings of the wind.
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Your hand will make a search for all your haters; your right hand will be hard on all those who are against you. 9 You will make them like a flaming oven before you; the Lord in his wrath will put an end to them, and they will be burned up in the fire.
• Ps 97:4 : 4 His bright flames give light to the world; the earth saw it with fear.
• Isa 19:14 : 14 The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in all her doings, as a man overcome by wine is uncertain in his steps.