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Psalm 149
Psalm 14912
Sing to the Lord a new song!
Praise him in the assembly of the godly!1
149:2 Let Israel rejoice in their Creator!
Let the people2 of Zion delight in their king!3
149:3 Let them praise his name with dancing!
Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!
149:4 For the Lord takes delight in his people;
he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.4
149:5 Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication!5
Let them shout for joy upon their beds!6
while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand,7
149:7 in order to take8 revenge on the nations,
and punish foreigners.
149:8 They bind9 their kings in chains,
and their nobles in iron shackles,
149:9 and execute the judgment to which their enemies10 have been sentenced.11
All his loyal followers will be vindicated.12
Praise the Lord!
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| 1 | tn Heb “his praise in the assembly of the godly ones.” |
| 2 | tn Heb “sons.” |
| 3 | sn The Lord is the king here, as the parallelism in the previous line (“their creator”) indicates. |
| 4 | tn Heb “he honors the oppressed [with] deliverance.” |
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| 6 | tn The significance of the reference to “beds” is unclear. Perhaps the point is that they should rejoice at all times, even when falling asleep or awaking. |
| 7 | tn Heb “[May] praises of God [be] in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand.” |
| 8 | tn Heb “to do.” |
| 9 | tn Heb “to bind.” |
| 10 | tn Heb “they”; the referent (the enemies of the people of God) has been specified in the translation for clarity. |
| 11 | tn Heb “to do against them judgment [that] is written.” |
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