Salmos 149:2-9

2 Alégrese Israel con su Hacedor; los hijos de Sion se gocen con su Rey.

3 Alaben su Nombre con baile; con adufe y arpa canten a él.

4 Porque el SEÑOR toma contentamiento con su pueblo; hermoseará a los humildes con salud.

5 Se gozarán los misericordiosos con gloria; cantarán sobre sus camas.

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

7 para hacer venganza de los gentiles, castigos en los pueblos;

8 para aprisionar sus reyes en grillos, y sus nobles en cadenas de hierro;

9 para ejecutar en ellos el juicio escrito; gloria será esto para todos sus misericordiosos. Alelu-JAH.

Salmos 149:2-9 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.