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Psalm 99:9

Exalt the LORD, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for the LORD, our God, is holy!

7He spoke to them in the pillar of cloud. They kept his testimonies, the statute that he gave them.
8You answered them, LORD our God. You are a God who forgave them, although you took vengeance for their doings.
9Exalt the LORD, our God. Worship at his holy hill, for the LORD, our God, is holy!
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Notice

The word “for” makes holiness the reason for worship, directing your attention to who God is as you consider what praise is for.

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Where else Scripture says this

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Isaiah 66:1The LORD says: “Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. What kind of house will you build to me? Where will I rest?Both name places associated with God: the psalm names his holy hill, while Isaiah names heaven as his throne.
Psalm 22:3But you are holy, you who inhabit the praises of Israel.Both connect God's holiness with his people's praise, naming the holy God as the one they worship.
Leviticus 20:26You shall be holy to me, for I, the LORD, am holy, and have set you apart from the peoples, that you should be mine.God's holiness grounds both commands: his people are to worship him in the psalm and be holy in Leviticus.
1 Samuel 2:2There is no one as holy as the LORD, for there is no one besides you, nor is there any rock like our God.Both declare the LORD holy; Samuel's passage adds that no one shares his incomparable holiness.
Luke 1:49For he who is mighty has done great things for me. Holy is his name.Both speak praise to God and name his holiness as part of that praise.
Revelation 15:4Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have …Both connect worship with God's holiness; Revelation describes all nations coming to worship before him.
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and song. He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will praise him; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.Both name the LORD as their God and speak of exalting him.
Joshua 24:19Joshua said to the people, “You can’t serve the LORD, for he is a holy God. He is a jealous God. He will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.Both identify the LORD as holy, with the psalm urging worship and Joshua warning those who would serve him.
Psalm 3:4I cry to the LORD with my voice, and he answers me out of his holy hill. Selah.God's holy hill is the place of worship in Psalm 99 and the place from which he answers in Psalm 3.
Psalm 93:5Your statutes stand firm. Holiness adorns your house, LORD, forever more.Both connect holiness with God's dwelling: Psalm 99 names his holy hill, and Psalm 93 says holiness adorns his house.
Leviticus 11:44For I am the LORD your God. Sanctify yourselves therefore, and be holy; for I am holy. You shall not defile yourselves with any kind of creeping thing that …Both ground a command in God's holiness: worship him in the psalm, and be holy in Leviticus.
Revelation 4:8The four living creatures, each one of them having six wings, are full of eyes around and within. They have no rest day and night, saying, “Holy, holy, holy is …Both center worship on the Lord's holiness, which the living creatures proclaim day and night in Revelation.
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Encouragement

Your praise has a reason that reaches beyond the events of the day: YHWH, whom his people worship, is holy.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).