“Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.”
Holiness: "Let them praise your great and awesome name. Holy is he!" The awesome nature of God's name is connected to holiness. The refrain "Holy is he" establishes the dominant theme.
Church Fathers on Psalms 99:3
1. Beloved brethren, it ought already to be known to you, as sons of the Church, and well instructed in the school of Christ through all the books of our ancient fathers, who wrote the words of God and the great things of God, that their wish was to consult for our good, who were to live at this period, believers in Christ; who, at a seasonable time came unto us, the first time, in humility; at the second, destined to come in exaltation....For thus it is said in the Psalms:…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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