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Psalms 96:9

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness: fear before him, all the earth.

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הִשְׁתַּחֲו֣וּhishtachavvcrouchשָׁחָהverb, hishtaphel, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “crouch”, a commandH7812to depress, i.e. prostrate (especially reflexive, in homage to royalty or God)bow (self) down, crouch, fall down (flat), humbly beseech, do (make) obeisance, do reverence, make to stoop, worship.לַ֭יהוָהlayhvahto Jehovahיְהֹוָהpreposition, noun, proper name — “to Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בְּהַדְרַתbehadratin beautyהֲדָרָהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct — “in beauty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1927decorationbeauty, honour.קֹ֑דֶשׁqodeshconsecratedקֹדֶשׁnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “consecrated”, the ordinary formH6944a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctityconsecrated (thing), dedicated (thing), hallowed (thing), holiness, ([idiom] most) holy ([idiom] day, portion, thing), saint, sanctuary.חִ֥ילוּchilvdanceחוּלverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “dance”, a commandH2342properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively, to wait, to pervertbear, (make to) bring forth, (make to) calve, dance, drive away, fall grievously (with pain), fear, form, great, grieve, (be) grievous, hope, look, make, be in pain, be much (sore) pained, rest, shake, shapen, (be) sorrow(-ful), stay, tarr…מִ֝פָּנָ֗יוmipanayvfrom a- foreפָּנִיםpreposition, noun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “from a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָאָֽרֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Oh worship Jehovah in holy array: Tremble before him, all the earth.

Young’s Literal Translation

Bow yourselves to Jehovah, In the honour of holiness, Be afraid of His presence, all the earth.

World English Bible

Worship Yahweh in holy array. Tremble before him, all the earth.

Darby Translation

Worship Jehovah in holy splendour; tremble before him, all the earth.

Douay-Rheims

For thou art the most high Lord over all the earth: thou art exalted exceedingly above all gods.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness; tremble before Him, all the earth.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Worship the Lord in his holy court: let all the earth tremble before him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Προσκυνήσατε τῷ Κυρίῳ ἐν αὐλῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ, σαλευθήτω ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ γῆ.