Psalm 149:3 NASB,NASB

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 149:1-9

Psalms 135:0 Praises God for choosing Jacob (Psalms 135:1-4 ), extols His power in the natural world (Psalms 135:5-7 ), and in the deliverance of His people from Egypt (Psalms 135:8-9 ) and bringing them into the promised land (Psalms 135:10-12 ). All this is in contrast to the vanity of idols (Psalms 135:13-18 ). Psalms 136:0 Is of the same character as the preceding, but is notable for the chorus attached to each verse a chorus with which we have become familiar in other psalms (Psalms 106:1... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 149:1-9

The Grand Doxology Psalms 146-150 How could the Book of Psalms end but in this way? Psalms cannot end in prose. Whether the arrangement is mechanical or inspired, it is the best possible. There is a fitness of things, and that fitness is realised in this peroration. It is as if a great broad river had suddenly become a resounding cascade; these five psalms are the final cataract. The Psalmist will have everything pressed into the choir. He will not have a small band. He ranges creation... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 149:3

I beg to call the reader's attention to a proper idea on the subject of dancing, from what is here said of it, and to observe, that even from hence, if there were no other passages in the word of God concerning it, a moment's recollection might convince him, that it never could wean that frivolous, childish, and (when we consider its tendency) may we not add, too often sinful custom, used in modern times. To praise God's name in the dance, as this Psalm expresseth it, carries with it somewhat... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 149:3

Choir. A musical instrument, though it imply also a dance, &c. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 149:1-5

1-5 New mercies continually demand new songs of praise, upon earth and in heaven. And the children of Zion have not only to bless the God who made them, but to rejoice in him, as having created them in Christ Jesus unto good works, and formed them saints as well as men. The Lord takes pleasure in his people; they should rejoice in Him. When the Lord has made sinners feel their wants and unworthiness, he will adorn them with the graces of his Spirit, and cause them to bear his image, and rejoice... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 149:1-9

Hallelujah to the God of Victory. A song of praise exhorting particularly the chosen people, the true believers, to praise God for favors of the past, as well as for future victories, which His promise assures them. v. 1. Praise ye the Lord, this being the constant occupation of the faithful, their moat delightful pastime. Sing unto the Lord a new song, one composed under the pressure of new, youthful energy, as the congregation enters upon a new era of growth and prosperity, and His... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 149:1-9

Psalms 149:01 Praise ye the Lord.Sing unto the Lord a new song,And his praise in the congregation of saints.2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him:Let the children of Zion be joyful in their king.3 Let them praise his name in the dance:Let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people:He will beautify the meek with salvation.5 Let the saints be joyful in glory:Let them sing aloud upon their beds.6 Let the high... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 149:1-9

the Praise-Songs of God’s People Psalms 149:1-9 ; Psalms 150:1-6 Israel was formed into a nation and delivered from Babylon, that her singers should lead the praises of mankind, and her teachers provide the metaphors and phrases for the world’s religious nurture. “This people have I made for myself,” said the Most High, “that they might show forth my praise.” Is it not also our Christian duty to be joyful in our King? Our religious life has not enough ecstasy and gladness in it to attract... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 149:1-9

As the last song ended by the recognition of the place of the saints in expressing the universal praise of Jehovah, this one enlarges the thought by confining itself wholly to the anthem of saints. “His praise in the assembly of the saints” (v. Psa 149:1 ); “Let the saints exult in glory” (v. Psa 149:5 ); “This honour have all His saints” (v. Psa 149:9 ). The saints are to praise Him as Creator and King. They are to do this with all the abandon of the dance and of music; because He has taken... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 149:1-9

CXLIX. A Song of Triumph and Messianic Expectation.— Obviously this Ps. depicts a stage in the Maccabean war. It is addressed to “ the assembly of the saints,” the Hasidim of Psalms 4:3. The heroes whom the Ps. celebrates are “ meek” ( Psalms 149:4) towards God, but they fight fiercely. “ The praises of God are in their mouth and a two-edged sword in their hands”— an admirable description of the Maccabean times, but unsuitable to any other period in Jewish history known to us. Maccabean also,... read more