1 Hallelujah! Sing unto Jehovah a new song; [sing] his praise in the congregation of the godly.
Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud sound.
And the heavens shall celebrate thy wonders, O Jehovah, and thy faithfulness in the congregation of the saints.
My praise is from thee, in the great congregation; I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
I will give thee thanks in the great congregation; I will praise thee among much people.
Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: sing unto Jehovah, all the earth.
{A Psalm.} Sing ye unto Jehovah a new song: for he hath done wondrous things; his right hand and his holy arm hath wrought salvation for him.
I will perform my vows unto Jehovah, yea, before all his people,
O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:
Sing unto Jehovah a new song, his praise from the end of the earth, ye that go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles and their inhabitants.
saying, I will declare thy name to my brethren; in [the] midst of [the] assembly will I sing thy praises.
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Commentary on Psalms 149 Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
PSALM 149
Ps 149:1-9. This Psalm sustains a close connection with the foregoing. The chosen people are exhorted to praise God, in view of past favors, and also future victories over enemies, of which they are impliedly assured.
1. (Compare Ps 96:1).
2. God had signalized His relation as a sovereign, in restoring them to their land.
3. in the dance—(Ps 30:11). The dance is connected with other terms, expressive of the great joy of the occasion. The word may be rendered "lute," to which the other instruments are joined.
sing praises—or, sing and play.
4. taketh pleasure—literally, "accepts," alluding to acceptance of propitiatory offerings (compare Ps 147:11).
beautify, &c.—adorn the humble with faith, hope, joy, and peace.
5. in glory—the honorable condition to which they are raised.
upon their beds—once a place of mourning (Ps 6:6).
6. high praises—or, "deeds." They shall go forth as religious warriors, as once religious laborers (Ne 4:17).
7. The destruction of the incorrigibly wicked attends the propagation of God's truth, so that the military successes of the Jews, after the captivity, typified the triumphs of the Gospel.
9. the judgment written—either in God's decrees, or perhaps as in De 32:41-43.
this honour—that is, to be thus employed, will be an honorable service, to be assigned
his saints—or, godly ones (Ps 16:3).