Psalm 149
Sing a new song to the Lord.
Sing praise to him in the community of his faithful people.
2 Let Israel be filled with joy because God is their Maker.
Let the people of Zion be glad because he is their King.
3 Let them praise his name with dancing.
Let them make music to him with harps and tambourines.
4 The Lord takes delight in his people.
He saves those who aren’t proud. He makes them feel like kings.
5 Let his faithful people be filled with joy because of that honor.
Let them sing with joy even when they are lying in bed.
6 May they praise God with their mouths.
May they hold in their hands a sword that has two edges.
7 Let them pay the nations back.
Let them punish the people of the earth.
8 Let them put the kings of those nations in chains.
Let them put their nobles in iron chains.
9 Let them carry out God’s sentence against the nations.
That will bring glory to all of his faithful people.
Praise the Lord.