Praise to the Lord for His Fidelity to Israel.
1 The Lordreigns, let the peoples tremble [with submissive wonder]!
He sits enthroned above the cherubim, let the earth shake!
2 The Lordis great in Zion,
And He is exaltedandmagnified above all the peoples.
3 Let them [reverently] praise Your great and awesome name;
Holy is He.
4 The strength of the King loves justiceandrighteous judgment;
You have established fairness;
You have executed justice and righteousness in Jacob (Israel).
5 Exalt the Lordour God
And worship at His footstool;
Holy is He.
6 Moses and Aaron were among His priests,
And Samuel was among those who called on His name;
They called upon the Lordand He answered them.
7 He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud;
They kept His testimonies
And the statutes that He gave them.
8 You answered them, O Lordour God;
You were a forgiving God to them,
And yet an avenger of theirevilpractices.
9 Exalt the Lordour God
And worship at His holy hill [Zion, the temple mount],
For the Lordour God is holy.