Psalms 149 (GNV)

Chapter Text

149:1 Praise ye the Lord. Sing ye vnto the Lord a newe song: let his prayse be heard in the Congregation of Saints.

149:2 Let Israel reioyce in him that made him, and let ye children of Zion reioyce in their King.

149:3 Let them prayse his Name with the flute: let them sing prayses vnto him with the timbrell and harpe.

149:4 For the Lord hath pleasure in his people: he will make the meeke glorious by deliuerance.

149:5 Let ye Saints be ioyfull with glorie: let them sing loud vpon their beddes.

149:6 Let the high Actes of God bee in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hands,

149:7 To execute vengeance vpon the heathen, and corrections among the people:

149:8 To binde their Kings in chaines, and their nobles with fetters of yron,

149:9 That they may execute vpon them the iudgement that is written: this honour shall be to all his Saintes. Prayse ye the Lord.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "praise", "lord", "sing", "vnto", "newe", "song", and "prayse". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "praise" and "lord", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "praise" and "lord" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "praise" and "lord" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.