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Psalm 149

Praise for God’s Goodness to Israel

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

Praise to God for His Future Judgment

149 Praise Yah.[a]
Sing to Yahweh a new song,
his praise in the assembly of the faithful.
Let Israel be glad in its maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their king.
Let them praise his name with dancing;
let them sing praises to him with tambourine and lyre.
For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people;
he glorifies the afflicted with salvation.
Let the faithful exult in glory;
let them sing for joy on their beds.
Let the extolling of God be in their throat,
and a double-edged sword in their hand,
to execute vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples,[b]
to bind their kings with chains
and their nobles[c] with fetters of iron,
to execute on them the judgment that is decreed.[d]
This will be honor for all his faithful ones;
Praise Yah.[e]

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 149:1 Hebrew hallelujah
  2. Psalm 149:7 Reading against the MT and with the LXX
  3. Psalm 149:8 Literally “honorable ones”
  4. Psalm 149:9 Hebrew “written”
  5. Psalm 149:9 Hebrew hallelujah