Misinterpretations of this verse often stem from viewing 'terrible name' through a modern lens as frightening or malevolent rather than awe-inspiring and majestic in its original context; others reduce the call to praise as casual applause ignoring the demanded holy reverence; some limit it ethnically to Israel alone, missing the psalm's broader invitation to all peoples; or they detach 'holy' from God's unapproachable purity, treating it as mere goodness without implications for worshippers' lives.
Psalms 99:3
King James Version (1769)
3 Let them praise thy great and terrible name; for it is holy.
Psalms 99:3 urges all people to praise God's great and awesome name because it is holy, highlighting His supreme majesty, power, and perfect moral purity that inspire reverent worship and set Him apart from all creation as the eternal King enthroned above the nations.