Psalms 149:1-8

Israel Invoked to Praise the LORD.

1 Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a ¹new song, And His praise ²in the congregation of the godly ones.

2 Let Israel be glad in ³his Maker; Let the sons of Zion rejoice in their ⁴King.

3 Let them praise His name with ⁵dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with ⁶timbrel and lyre.

4 For the LORD ⁷takes pleasure in His people; He will ⁸beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.

5 Let the ⁹godly ones exult in glory; Let them ¹⁰sing for joy on their beds.

6 Let the ¹¹high praises of God be in their mouth, And a ¹²two-edged ¹³sword in their hand,

7 To ¹⁴execute vengeance on the nations And punishment on the peoples,

8 To bind their kings ¹⁵with chains And their ¹⁶nobles with fetters of iron,

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Psalms 149:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 149

This psalm is thought by Calvin and others to have been written for the sake of the Jews that returned from the Babylonish captivity; and is a prediction of great and famous things done in the times of the Maccabees to Heathens and their princes, so Theodoret; the Syriac version entitles it,

``concerning the new temple;''

that is, the second temple, built by Zerubbabel, and the things done under that; but it rather seems to have been written by David in the beginning of his reign, when he obtained victories over the Philistines, Edomites, Moabites, Ammonites, and Syrians; and refers to the times of the Messiah, as Kimchi, R. Obadiah Gaon, and others think; not of the Jews' vainly expected Messiah, but of the true Messiah, who is come, and will come again, spiritually and personally; and there are many things in it applicable both to the first and latter part of his days.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 16

1. Psalms 33:3
2. Psalms 35:18; Psalms 89:5
3. Psalms 95:6
4. Judges 8:23; Psalms 47:6; Zechariah 9:9
5. 2 Samuel 6:14; Psalms 150:4
6. Exodus 15:20; Psalms 81:2
7. Job 36:11; Psalms 16:11; Psalms 35:27; Psalms 147:11
8. Psalms 132:16; Isaiah 61:3
9. Psalms 132:16
10. Job 35:10; Psalms 42:8
11. Psalms 66:17
12. Hebrews 4:12
13. Nehemiah 4:17
14. Ezekiel 25:17; Micah 5:15
15. Job 36:8
16. Nahum 3:10

Footnotes 3

[a]. Or "Hallelujah!"
[b]. Heb YAH
[c]. Lit "throat"