This verse is sometimes misinterpreted to suggest God's greatness is confined only to Israel or Zion, promoting ethnic exclusivity rather than His universal reign; others wrongly view 'high above all the people' as divine aloofness or indifference, missing the call to reverent praise, or twist it to justify human hierarchies claiming divine favoritism over others.
Psalms 99:2
King James Version (1769)
2 The Lord is great in Zion; and he is high above all the people.
Psalms 99:2 proclaims God's supreme greatness centered in Zion, His holy dwelling among His covenant people, while emphasizing His transcendent sovereignty over all nations and peoples, inviting universal awe and worship as part of a psalm exalting Yahweh as King over creation.