Psalm 149

Praise to God for His Future Judgment

149Praise Yah.^a

Sing to Yahweh a new song,

his praise in the assembly of the faithful.

²Let Israel be glad in its maker;

let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.

³Let them praise his name with dancing;

let them sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre.

⁴For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people;

he glorifies the afflicted with salvation.

⁵Let the faithful exult in glory;

let them sing for joy on their beds.

⁶Let the extolling of God be in their throat,

and a double-edged sword in their hand,

⁷to execute vengeance on the nations

and punishment on the peoples,^b

⁸to bind their kings with chains

and their nobles^c with fetters of iron,

⁹to execute on them the judgment that is decreed.^d

This will be honor for all his faithful ones;

Praise Yah.^e