Psalms 149:1-5

1 Praise the LORD.^[a]Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of his faithful people.

2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King.

3 Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.

4 For the LORD takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.

5 Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds.

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Psalms 149:1-5 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 12

1. Psalms 33:2; Psalms 103:1
2. S Psalms 28:7; S Psalms 96:1; Revelation 5:9
3. S Psalms 1:5; Psalms 35:18
4. Isaiah 13:3; Jeremiah 51:48
5. S Job 10:3; Psalms 95:6; Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 45:11; Isaiah 54:5
6. Psalms 10:16; Psalms 47:6; Isaiah 32:1; Zechariah 9:9
7. S Exodus 15:20
8. S Psalms 57:8; Psalms 81:2; Psalms 150:4
9. Psalms 35:27; Psalms 147:11
10. Psalms 132:16
11. S Psalms 132:16
12. Job 35:10; Psalms 42:8

Footnotes 1

[a]. Hebrew "Hallelu Yah" ; also in verse 9