Psalm 149
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Psalm 14912
149:1Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song!
Praise him in the assembly of the godly!1
149:2Let Israel rejoice in their Creator!
Let the people2 of Zion delight in their king!3
149:3Let them praise his name with dancing!
Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!
149:4For the Lord takes delight in his people;
he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.4
149:5Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication!5
Let them shout for joy upon their beds!6
149:6May they praise God
while they hold a two-edged sword in their hand,7
149:7in order to take8 revenge on the nations,
and punish foreigners.
149:8They bind9 their kings in chains,
and their nobles in iron shackles,
149:9and execute the judgment to which their enemies10 have been sentenced.11
All his loyal followers will be vindicated.12
Praise the Lord!
Footnotes
- 12 Psalm 149. The psalmist calls upon God’s people to praise him because he is just and avenges them.
- 1 Heb “his praise in the assembly of the godly ones.”
- 2 Heb “sons.”
- 3 The Lord is the king here, as the parallelism in the previous line (“their creator”) indicates.
- 4 Heb “he honors the oppressed [with] deliverance.”
- 5 Heb “in glory.” Here “glory” probably refers to the “honor” that belongs to the Lord’s people as a result of their deliverance (see v. 4).
- 6 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 Heb “[May] praises of God [be] in their throat, and a two-edged sword in their hand.”
- 8 Heb “to do.”
- 9 Heb “to bind.”
- 10 Heb “they”; the referent (the enemies of the people of God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- 11 Heb “to do against them judgment [that] is written.”
- 12 Heb “it is honor for all his godly ones.” The judgment of the oppressive kings will bring vindication and honor to God’s people (see vv. 4–5).
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