Salmos 149:1-6

1 ¡Aleluya! Cantad al SEÑOR un cántico nuevo: su alabanza en la congregación de los santos.

2 Alégrese Israel en su Creador; regocíjense los hijos de Sion en su Rey.

3 Alaben su nombre con danza; cántenle alabanza con pandero y lira.

4 Porque el SEÑOR se deleita en su pueblo; adornará de salvación a los afligidos.

5 Regocíjense de gloria los santos; canten con gozo sobre sus camas.

6 Sean los loores de Dios en su boca, y una espada de dos filos en su mano,

Salmos 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.