1 Alleluia. Sing to the Lord a new song: his praise is in the assembly of the saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him; and let the children of Sion exult in their king. 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him with timbrel and psaltery. 4 For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; and will exalt the meek with salvation. 5 The saints shall rejoice in glory; and shall exult on their beds. 6 The high praises of God shall be in their throat, and two-edged swords in their hands; 7 to execute vengeance on the nations, [and] punishments among the peoples; 8 to bind their kings with fetters, and their nobles with manacles of iron; 9 to execute on them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.
Psalms · Brenton's English Septuagint
Psalm 149 Brenton's English Septuagint
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (3)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
Cross references (9)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Psalm 33:3; Revelation 5:9; Psalm 148:1; Hebrews 2:12; Isaiah 42:10
- 2 Psalm 100:1–3; Psalm 95:6; Isaiah 54:5; Isaiah 52:7; Joel 2:23
- 3 Jeremiah 31:13; Psalm 81:2; 1 Chronicles 15:28–29; Exodus 15:20; 2 Samuel 6:14
- 4 Psalm 147:11; 1 Peter 3:4; Psalm 35:27; Psalm 132:16; Zephaniah 3:17
- 5 Job 35:10; Psalm 42:8; 1 Peter 1:8; Psalm 118:15; Psalm 145:10
- 6 Hebrews 4:12; Psalm 66:17; Revelation 1:16; Revelation 19:6; Nehemiah 9:5
- 7 Zechariah 14:17–19; 1 Samuel 15:2–3; Revelation 19:11–21; 1 Samuel 15:18–23; Numbers 31:2–3
- 8 Joshua 12:7; Joshua 10:23–24; Judges 1:6–7; Job 36:8
- 9 1 Corinthians 6:2–3; Psalm 148:14; Psalm 137:8; Deuteronomy 32:42–43; Deuteronomy 7:1–2
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
How these were chosen
“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
Let us praise the Lord both in voice, and in understanding, and in good works; and, as this Psalm exhorteth, let us sing unto Him a new song. It beginneth: "Sing ye to the Lord a new song. His praise is in the Church of the Saints" (ver. 1).
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
For now that the one Church in Judæa is cast off, the Churches of Christ are increased over all the world; and of them it is said in the Psalms, Sing unto the Lord a new song, His praise in the Congregation of Saints.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)