Psalm 149

Psalm 149

¹Praise the Lord.

Sing a new song to the Lord.

Sing praise to him in the community of his faithful people.

²Let Israel be filled with joy because God is their Maker.

Let the people of Zion be glad because he is their King.

³Let them praise his name with dancing.

Let them make music to him with harps and tambourines.

⁴The Lord takes delight in his people.

He saves those who aren’t proud. He makes them feel like kings.

⁵Let his faithful people be filled with joy because of that honor.

Let them sing with joy even when they are lying in bed.

⁶May they praise God with their mouths.

May they hold in their hands a sword that has two edges.

⁷Let them pay the nations back.

Let them punish the people of the earth.

⁸Let them put the kings of those nations in chains.

Let them put their nobles in iron chains.

⁹Let them carry out God’s sentence against the nations.

That will bring glory to all of his faithful people.

Praise the Lord.