1Praise you the LORD. Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him with the tambourine and harp.
4For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
5Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud on their beds.
6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand;
7To execute vengeance on the heathen, and punishments on the people;
8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9To execute on them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise you the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry on Psalms 149
The foregoing psalm was a hymn of praise to the Creator; this is a hymn of praise to the Redeemer. It is a psalm of triumph in the God of Israel, and over the enemies of Israel. Probably it was penned upon occasion of some victory which Israel was blessed and honoured with. Some conjecture that it was penned when…
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