Psalms 149:5
3 Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
6 May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
7 to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
- KJV
- Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
- WEB
- Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy on their beds.
- ASV
- Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.
- DARBY
- Let the godly exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.
- BLB
- Let the holy ones exult in [His] glory; let them sing for joy upon their beds.
- ÅB
- De fromme skal fryde seg i herlighet, de skal juble på sitt leie.
- OTB
- De trofaste skal være glade i herlighet;
De skal synge av glede på sine senger. - B1930
- De fromme skal fryde sig i herlighet, de skal juble på sitt leie.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 35:10
But no one asks, ‘Where is God my Maker, who gives us songs in the night,
Read in contextPsalms 42:8
The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
Read in context1 Peter 1:8
Though you have not seen Him, you love Him; and though you do not see Him now, you believe in Him and rejoice with an inexpressible and glorious joy,
Read in contextPsalms 118:15
Shouts of joy and salvation resound in the tents of the righteous: “The right hand of the LORD performs with valor!
Read in contextPsalms 145:10
All You have made will give You thanks, O LORD, and Your saints will bless You.
Read in contextPsalms 132:16
I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
Read in contextPsalms 63:5–6
My soul is satisfied as with the richest of foods; with joyful lips my mouth will praise You.
Read in contextPsalms 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
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