Psalms 99:4

"The king's strength also loveth justice;

Thou dost establish equity;

Thou executist justice and righteousness in Jacob,

Exalt ye Jehovah our God,

And worship at his footstool:

Holy is he."

"The king's strength loveth justice" (Psalms 99:4). "What is meant is the theocratic kingship,"[10] being, of course, a reference to the earthly kings of Israel. We cannot accept this, because practically none of those kings either loved justice or established equity. "`The King,' here is the Lord."[11] "Surely only one King is spoken of here, namely, God Himself."[12]

"Equity ... justice ... righteousness" (Psalms 99:4). These holy principles were announced in Psalms 98:9 as features of God's final judgment; and there is no grounds for referring them to anything else in this passage.

"In Jacob" (Psalms 99:4). This name is a synonym for Israel, but both the Old Testament Israel and the New Testament Israel which succeeded the Israel of old are intended. Both will appear simultaneously at the final judgment.

"Exalt Jehovah ... worship at his footstool" (Psalms 99:5). Where is God's footstool? "The earth itself is God's footstool" (Isaiah 66:1); and what is meant here is that "anywhere and everywhere on the whole earth is the appropriate place for worshipping God." This has been and continues to be the proper understanding of "where" God should be worshipped ever since the First Advent. Under the old dispensation, Jerusalem alone was the place to worship God. Since it is "the peoples," inclusive of the Gentiles, who are to worship God (Psalms 99:2), we should have expected this release from the "Jerusalem only" restriction in the Old Testament.

"Holy is he" (Psalms 99:5). This, as in Psalms 99:3, marks the end of this paragraph.