Psalms 149:5
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.
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
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 none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;
Read in contextPsalms 42:8
Yet the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Read in context1 Peter 1:8
Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory:
Read in contextPsalms 118:15
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous: the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Read in contextPsalms 145:10
All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee.
Read in contextPsalms 132:16
I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
Read in contextPsalms 63:5–6
My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Read in contextPsalms 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
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