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Psalms 149:7

5 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;

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
KJV
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
WEB
to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;
ASV
To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;
DARBY
To execute vengeance against the nations, [and] punishment among the peoples;
BLB
to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments against the peoples,
ÅB
for å fullbyrde hevn over hedningene, straff over folkene,
OTB
For å bringe rettferdighet til nasjonene,
Og korreksjon til folkene,
B1930
for å fullbyrde hevn over hedningene, straff over folkene,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Zechariah 14:17–19

    And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:2–3

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

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  • Revelation 19:11–21

    And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:18–23

    And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

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  • Numbers 31:2–3

    Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.

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  • Judges 5:23

    Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the help of the LORD against the mighty.

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  • Psalms 137:8–9

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

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  • Zechariah 9:13–16

    When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man.

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