Salmos 149:1-6

1 CANTAD á Jehová canción nueva: Su alabanza sea en la congregación de los santos.

2 Alégrese Israel en su Hacedor: Los hijos de Sión se gocen en su Rey.

3 Alaben su nombre con corro: Con adufe y arpa á él canten.

4 Porque Jehová toma contentamiento con su pueblo: Hermoseará á los humildes con salud.

5 Gozarse han los píos con gloria: Cantarán sobre sus camas.

6 Ensalzamientos de Dios modularán en sus gargantas. Y espadas de dos filos habrá en sus manos;

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.