1 Praise the Lord! Sing a new song to the Lord! Praise him wherever his faithful followers gather! 2 Let Israel celebrate their Creator; let the people of Zion be happy in their King. 3 Praise his nature with dancing; sing praises to him, accompanied by tambourine and harp. 4 For the Lord enjoys his people; he honors the oppressed with salvation. 5 Let the faithful celebrate how he honors them; let them sing happily even from their beds. 6 May their praises of God always be on their lips, a double-edged sword in their hands, 7 ready to take revenge on the nations, to punish the foreign peoples, 8 to imprison their kings in shackles and their leaders in iron chains, 9 to impose the judgment decreed against them. This is an honor for all his faithful followers. Praise the Lord!
Psalm 149 Free Bible Version
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
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
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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)