Psalms 149:4

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

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Psalms 149:4 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
English Standard Version (ESV)
4 For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.
New Living Translation (NLT)
4 For the LORD delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.
The Message Bible (MSG)
4 And why? Because God delights in his people, festoons plain folk with salvation garlands!
American Standard Version (ASV)
4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
4 because the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns those who are oppressed with victory.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
4 The LORD takes delight in his people. He saves those who aren't proud. He makes them feel like kings.

Psalms 149:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 149:4

For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people
Not all mankind; though they are all his people by creation, and are under the care of his providence; yet they are not all acceptable to him; some are abhorred by him for their sins and transgressions: but these are a special and peculiar people, whom he has foreknown and chosen, taken into the covenant of his grace, and provided in it blessings for them; whom he has given to Christ, and he has redeemed; and who are called by the Spirit and grace of God, whereby they appear to be his people. These the Lord loves with a love of complacency and delight; he takes pleasure in their persons, as considered in Christ, in whom they are accepted with him; as they are clothed with his righteousness, and made comely through his comeliness; as washed in his precious blood, and adorned with the graces of his spirit: yea, he takes pleasure in their services done in faith, and from love, and to his glory; in their sacrifices of prayer and praise, as offered up through Christ; in the company of them and communion with them; and in their prosperity and happinesS, here and hereafter;

he will beautify the meek with salvation;
humble and lowly souls, who have been truly humbled under a sense of sin; brought to submit to the righteousness of Christ, and to depend upon the grace of God for salvation; are subject to the yoke of Christ, and patiently submit to the will of God under every dispensation of Providence; are not easily provoked to wrath; are free from envy and malice; have mean thoughts of themselves, and high ones of other saints; these the Lord beautifies now with more grace, with which salvation is connected; with the robe of Christ's righteousness, and the garments of his salvation, which are beautiful ones; and he will beautify them with eternal salvation, with the white robes of immortality and bliss, when they will shine as the sun in the kingdom of heaven.

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Psalms 149:4 In-Context

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.
6 May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands,

Cross References 2

  • 1. Psalms 35:27; Psalms 147:11
  • 2. Psalms 132:16
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