PSALM 99: By reading this psalm always one will come nearer to God

Its prayer is the prayer under Psalm 16.

Psalm 99

1 Yahweh rules as king.
    Let the people tremble.
    He is enthroned over the angels.
    Let the earth quake.
2 Yahweh is mighty in Zion.
    He is high above all people.
3 Let them give thanks to your great and fearful name.
    He is holy!

4 The king’s strength is that he loves justice.
    You have established fairness.
    You have done what is fair and right for Jacob.

5 Highly honor Yahweh our Elohim.
    Bow down at his footstool.

    He is holy!

6 Moses and Aaron were among his priests.
    Samuel was among those who prayed to him.
    They called to Yahweh, and he answered them.
        
    They obeyed his written instructions and the laws that he gave them.
8 O Yahweh, our Elohim, you answered them.
    You showed them that you are a forgiving El
        and that you are an El who punishes their sinful deeds.

9 Highly honor Yahweh our Elohim.
    Bow at his holy mountain.

    Yahweh our Elohim is holy!

PRAYER:

Psalm 16

1 Protect me, O El, because I take refuge in you.

2 I said to Yahweh,

    “You are my Adonay. Without you, I have nothing good.”

3 Those who lead holy lives on earth

    are the noble ones who fill me with joy.

4 Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows.

    I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood

        or use my lips to speak their names.

5 Yahweh is my inheritance and my cup.

    You are the one who determines my destiny.

6 Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me.

    Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful.

7 I will praise Yahweh, who advises me.

    My conscience warns me at night.

8 I always keep Yahweh in front of me.

    When he is by my side, I cannot be moved.

9         That is why my heart is glad and my soul rejoices.

            My body rests securely

10 because you do not abandon my soul to the grave

    or allow your holy one to decay.

11 You make the path of life known to me.

    Complete joy is in your presence.

        Pleasures are by your side forever.