Psalm 149:1-6

1 ALLELUIA. Cantate al Signore un nuovo cantico; Cantate la sua lode nella raunanza de’ santi.

2 Rallegrisi Israele nel suo Fattore; Festeggino i figliuoli di Sion nel Re loro.

3 Lodino il suo Nome sul flauto; Salmeggingli col tamburo e colla cetera.

4 Perciocchè il Signore gradisce il suo popolo; Egli glorificherà i mansueti per la sua salute.

5 I santi festeggeranno con gloria, Canteranno sopra i lor letti;

6 Avranno nella lor gola le esaltazioni di Dio, E nelle mani spade a due tagli;

Psalm 149:1-6 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.