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Psalms 149

1 Praise ye Jehovah. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Praise H1984 (הָלַל) — to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to ce…
  • Yah H3050 (יָהּ) — Jah, the sacred name
  • Sing H7891 (שִׁיר) — to sing
  • unto Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • a new H2319 (חָדָשׁ) — new
  • song H7892 (שִׁיר) — a song; abstractly, singing
  • his praise H8416 (תְּהִלָּה) — laudation; specifically (concretely) a hymn
  • in the congregation H6951 (קָהָל) — assemblage (usually concretely)
  • of saints H2623 (חָסִיד) — properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)

2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Let Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • rejoice H8055 (שָׂמַח) — probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesome
  • in him that made H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • him: let the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
  • of Zion H6726 (צִיּוֹן) — Tsijon (as a permanent capital), a mountain of Jerusalem
  • be joyful H1523 (גִּיל) — properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
  • in their King H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king

3 Let them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Let them praise H1984 (הָלַל) — to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to ce…
  • his name H8034 (שֵׁם) — an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
  • in the dance H4234 (מָחוֹל) — a (round) dance
  • let them sing praises H2167 (זָמַר) — properly, to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, i.e. play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and musi…
  • unto him with the timbrel H8596 (תֹּף) — a tambourine
  • and harp H3658 (כִּנּוֹר) — a harp

4 For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • For Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
  • taketh pleasure H7521 (רָצָה) — to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
  • in his people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • he will beautify H6286 (פָּאַר) — to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree
  • the meek H6035 (עָנָו) — depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
  • with salvation H3444 (יְשׁוּעָה) — something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity

5 Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Let the saints H2623 (חָסִיד) — properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
  • be joyful H5937 (עָלַז) — to jump for joy, i.e. exult
  • in glory H3519 (כָּבוֹד) — properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
  • let them sing aloud H7442 (רָנַן) — properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy)
  • upon their beds H4904 (מִשְׁכָּב) — a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse

6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • the high H7319 (רוֹמְמָה) — exaltation, i.e. praise
  • of God H410 (אֵל) — strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
  • in their mouth H1627 (גָּרוֹן) — the throat (as roughened by swallowing)
  • and a twoedged H6374 (פִּיפִיָּה) — an edge or tooth
  • sword H2719 (חֶרֶב) — drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
  • in their hand H3027 (יָד) — a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of a…

7 To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • To execute H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • vengeance H5360 (נְקָמָה) — avengement, whether the act or the passion
  • upon the heathen H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
  • punishments H8433 (תּוֹכֵחָה) — chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)
  • upon the people H3816 (לְאֹם) — a community

8 To bind their kings with chains, And their nobles with fetters of iron;

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Joshua 10:23 · Joshua 12:7 · Judges 1:6 · Job 36:8
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • To bind H631 (אָסַר) — to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle
  • their kings H4428 (מֶלֶךְ) — a king
  • with chains H2131 (זִיקָה) — properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
  • and their nobles H3513 (כָּבַד) — to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable); causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses…
  • with fetters H3525 (כֶּבֶל) — a fetter
  • of iron H1270 (בַּרְזֶל) — iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement

9 To execute upon them the judgment written: This honor have all his saints. Praise ye Jehovah.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • To execute H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
  • upon them the judgment H4941 (מִשְׁפָּט) — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or…
  • written H3789 (כָּתַב) — to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
  • this honour H1926 (הָדָר) — magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
  • have all his saints H2623 (חָסִיד) — properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
  • Praise ye H1984 (הָלַל) — to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to ce…
  • Yhwh H3050 (יָהּ) — Jah, the sacred name