Psalm 149

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

Psalm 149

Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel

¹Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
    his praise in the assembly of the faithful.^(A)
²Let Israel be glad in its Maker;
    let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.^(B)
³Let them praise his name with dancing,
    making melody to him with tambourine and lyre.^(C)
⁴For the Lord takes pleasure in his people;
    he adorns the humble with victory.^(D)
⁵Let the faithful exult in glory;
    let them sing for joy on their couches.^(E)
⁶Let the high praises of God be in their throats
    and two-edged swords in their hands,^(F)
⁷to execute vengeance on the nations
    and punishment on the peoples,
⁸to bind their kings with fetters
    and their nobles with chains of iron,
⁹to execute on them the judgment decreed.
    This is glory for all his faithful ones.
Praise the Lord!^(G)

Psalm 149

International Standard Version

A Song About Rejoicing in God

149 Hallelujah!
    Sing a new song to the Lord,
        praising him where the godly gather together.
²May Israel rejoice in its Maker,
    and Zion’s descendants in their King!
³May they praise his name with dancing,
    chanting songs to him with tambourines and lyres.
⁴For the Lord is pleased with his people;
    he beautifies the afflicted with salvation.

⁵May those he loves be exalted,
    singing for joy on their couches.
⁶Let high praises to God be heard^[a] in their throats,
    while they wield two-edged swords in their hands
⁷as they bring retribution to nations
    and punishment to peoples,
⁸binding their kings with chains,
    their officials with iron bands,
⁹and executing the judgment written against them.
This is honor for all the ones he loves.

Hallelujah!

Footnotes

Psalm 149:6 The Heb. lacks heard

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition (NRSVUE)

International Standard Version (ISV)

Psalm 149 New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition