These things, in their proper place, became sweet subjects of praise. a) Submissive to God. Verse 5."Upon their beds," where before in the loneliness of night they consumed themselves with grief for their shame. He who has a "new song in his mouth" is ever stronger, both to suffer and to labour, than the man who has a dumb spirit and a hymnless heart. 4 For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the [ b]humble with salvation. In each case it should be at its best: "high praises," "two-edged sword.". Surely in this we have the best argument for glorifying the Lord, wherefore we close our new song with another Hallelujah, "Praise ye the Lord.". All the godly shared in the triumphs of the Lord when he smote Israel's foes. The New Testament The word had him in bands like a prisoner, and made him confess against himself before Festus that he was "almost persuaded to be a Christian." Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness. this urge the use of music in religious worship must by the same rule introduce dancing, for they went together, as in David's The Gospels 1. Pentateuch and grace of God, whereby they appear to be his people. In the western portion of the northern hemisphere, the church has lost much of its clout. Praise ye the Lord. Meekness not only gives great peace of mind, but often adds a lustre to the countenance. Many are made converts by the godly ends of good men; as the centurion himself, who attended and ordered the crucifying of Christ, after his expiring broke forth into that testimony of him,"Verily, this was the Son of God." WebPsalm 149:4 New International Version 4 For the Lord takes delight in his people; he crowns the humble with victory. Verse 9."This honour have all his saints." PrivacyPolicyTerms ofUse. Pentateuch The foregoing psalm was a hymn of praise to the Creator; this is a hymn of praise to the Redeemer. Thus are the greatest enemies of Jehovah and his people reduced to shame, rendered helpless, and themselves punished. 4. --Matthew Henry. The Christian life a combination of adoration and conflict. Reader, pause over this apparently small, but most important, distinction. If confined by sickness let them joy in God. The saints are God's children by the new birth. Poetical Books God takes pleasure in sanctifying, justifying and glorifying them; they must surely take pleasure in extolling him as Friend, Protector, Law giver, Leader, King, God! The scriptural term "meekness" is one which singularly characterizes and distinguishes the true Christian. When the prodigal returned home to his father's house, contrite, penitent, and reformed, he was not only received with kindness, assured of forgiveness, and welcomed as a son, but he was adorned and beautified (Luke 15:22). They can do two things at a time: if they do not wield the trowel and the sword, at least they sing and strike. Like that excellent bird, the nightingale, which is never weary nor spent by continuing her delightful notes, so this sweet singer of Israel was incessant in praising the Lord; not giving sleep to his eyes until he had blessed his holy name. So, such as rail at, revile, curse, condemn, persecute, execute pious people, speak other language of them when such men have passed the purgation of death, and confess them faithful and sincere servants of God. Wisdom Literature WebPsalm 149 The High Praises of God and a Two-Edged Sword This is another of the last five psalms that have no title in the Hebrew text, but each of these last five begin and When godly men give battle to the powers of evil each conflict is high praise unto the God of goodness. threadbare. 2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King. Please see Blue Letter Bible's Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Pentateuch Selah. Consider. those that are not only not ashamed of it, but are enlarged in it. With this two-edged sword the first preachers of the gospel obtained a glorious victory over the powers of darkness; vengeance was executed upon the gods of the heathen, by the conviction and conversion of those that had been long their worshippers, and by the consternation and confusion of those that would not repent (. His name is love; his nature is goodness; and can we doubt but that he loves to see his people happy? Error: Passwords should have at least 6 characters, Error: Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Major Prophets But Jesus' gifts are not himself: I cannot be satisfied with his gifts, while I know that to others he gives his Person. Psalm 149 is the fourth of the five Final Hallel psalms (Psalms 146-150) that form the closing doxology of the Hebrew Psalter. This Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Praise you the LORD.American King James Version) refers to the "punishments" and "vengeance" (verse 7) recorded in God's Word by the prophets. They have reason to rejoice inn God, to devote themselves to his honour and employ themselves in his service; for it is he that made them. The word means as well be favorable to, be well disposed toward. Second, the Lord adorns (paar) the humble with victory. The word comes from an Egyptian loanword that means headdress, head wrap, and is used to describe the head coverings of upper class women of Jerusalem in Isaiah 3:20; priests in Exodus 39:28 and Ezekiel 44:18; and of a bridegroom in Isaiah 61:10. She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework." Verse 5. Johannine Writings God had shown by the mercy, whatever it was ( Psalms 149:1 ), recently vouchsafed to his people, that he was well And he has put a new song in my mouth, even praise to our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD. Your partnership makes all we do possible. When called to fight, the meek are very hard to overcome; they are just as steady in conflict as they are steadfast in patience. The Old Testament Psalms 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. God has honoured them, and put a rare glory upon them; therefore let them exult therein. General Epistles for their tranquillity shall be blessed with victory. It is well to repeat the old; it is more useful to invent the new. Yet at times even saintly conclaves need to be stirred up to thanksgiving; for saints may be sad and apprehensive, and then their spirits require to be raised to a higher key, and stimulated to happier worship. They have reason to he is a king that rules by love, and therefore to be praised; for. Selah.American King James Version; Psalms 6:6 Psalms 6:6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.American King James Version; Psalms 63:6 Psalms 63:6When I remember you on my bed, and meditate on you in the night watches.American King James Version; Hosea 7:14 Hosea 7:14And they have not cried to me with their heart, when they howled on their beds: they assemble themselves for corn and wine, and they rebel against me.American King James Version)" (Expositor's,note on Psalms 149:1-5 Psalms 149:1-5 [1] Praise you the LORD. them. The emotion which accordingly befits the saints: "be joyful. Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. a. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. Lovely and glorious as are the saints on earth, their beauty falls far short of the perfection to which it will attain hereafter. Whole Psalm.The New Testament spiritual church cannot pray as the Old Testament national church here prays. them we should have an olive-branch of peace in our hands. He designs not only to save, but to adorn and honour his people. Miriam led the daughters of Israel in the dance when the Lord had triumphed gloriously; was it not most fit that she should? Luke-Acts David was not satisfied by offering the sacrifice of thanksgiving in the courts of the Lord's house, and paying his vows in the presence of all the people; but in the night also he would continue his song of God's mercy. 4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete), California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Verse 1."A new song." Israel is the nation, Zion is the capital of the kingdom: Israel rejoices in her Maker, Zion in her King. Our weapons are not carnal, but they are mighty, and wound with both back and edge. Now the Lord, who is of the most perfect understanding, and deepest skill and knowledge, declares himself to take infinite delight in his people's praises. of Scripture. Cookie Notice: 1), recently vouchsafed to his people, that he was well pleased with them, and might be counted on to support and sustain them. Pauline Epistles He is ever new in his manifestations; his mercies are new every morning; his deliverances are new in every night of sorrow; let your gratitude and thanksgivings be new also. WebPsalms 149:4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people. Never can we find a nobler subject for a song than the Lord, nor one more full of fresh matter for a new song, nor one which we are personally so much bound to sing as a new song "unto the Lord." I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. [2] Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. God's dominion over them. Josephus asserts that it was furnished with ten strings, and played with a plectrum; which, however, is not understood to imply that it never had any other number of strings, or was always played with the plectrum. (2.) He "will beautify them with salvation;" a promise relating both to the present life and to the future one. Of the kinnor the Scripture affords little further information than that it was composed of the sounding parts of good wood, and furnished with strings. Poetical Books God's doings for them. Efforts to be permanently useful must be uniformly joyousa spiritual sunshinegraceful from very gladnessbeautiful because bright. If he do but arise, they shall all of them fly before him. God: Let Israel rejoice, and the children of Zion be joyful, and the saints be joyful in glory. The Papists brag that Stapleton, their great controversial divine, was born on that very day whereon Sir Thomas More was put to death; but Providence so ordereth it that out of the ashes of dead saints many living ones do spring and sprout, by following the pious precedents of such godly persons deceased. Rather, the truly devoted and obedient people of God are principally in view her--spiritual Israel, the Church of God. The Israel of God are here represented triumphing over their enemies, which is both the matter of their praise (let them give to God the glory of those triumphs) and the Verse 5.This verse has been fulfilled in solemn crises of saintly life. All rights reserved. Read full chapter Psalm 149:4 in all English translations Psalm American King James Version; Isaiah 41:15-16 Isaiah 41:15-16 [15] Behold, I will make you a new sharp threshing instrument having teeth: you shall thresh the mountains, and beat them small, and shall make the hills as chaff. Verse 8.The restraining and subduing power of the gospel. What condescension is this on Jehovah's part, to notice, to love, and to delight in his chosen! "O come, let us sing unto the Lord.". "His saints" exclusively; casting out saint traitors, as Beckett and Garnet; saint hypocrites, and many others; who, in the same sense as auri sacra fames, may be termed sacri, or sancti, saints. So this verse calls on the saints to hold a banquet, a feast of fat things. This follows upon the former: if he made them, he is their King; he that gave being no doubt may give law; and this ought to be the matter of our joy and praise that we are under the conduct and protection of such a wise and powerful King. Verse 1."A new song;" for this Psalm is a song of renovation. In which places, and very many more in the Scriptures, it is evident that the Lord, considered in his highest sublimity, is the object of high praise, and that by most special and peculiar appropriation of it unto himself, and none other (Isa 42:8). II. But he regards their services, not with an eye to their intrinsic value in themselves, but for the sake of the willing mind from which they flow. Major Prophets Shall those to whom God is their glory be cast down and troubled? 2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the people of Zion be glad in their King. WebPsalm 149 Praise for Gods Goodness to Israel. Let the saints be joyful in glory Let them be gloriously joyful: seeing themselves so honoured and so successful, let them be joyful. Meekness not only gives great peace of mind, but often adds a lustre to the countenance. American King James Version). American King James Version; Isaiah 45:14 Isaiah 45:14Thus said the LORD, The labor of Egypt, and merchandise of Ethiopia and of the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you, and they shall be yours: they shall come after you; in chains they shall come over, and they shall fall down to you, they shall make supplication to you, saying, Surely God is in you; and there is none else, there is no God.American King James Version; Isaiah 65:6 Isaiah 65:6Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,American King James Version; Ezekiel 38-39; Joel 3:9-16 Joel 3:9-16 [9] Proclaim you this among the Gentiles; Prepare war, wake up the mighty men, let all the men of war draw near; let them come up: Sing unto the LORD a new song. greatly, O daughter of Zion! They are "predestinated to be conformed to the image of the Son;" and when they awake up in another world, it will be after his likeness, without any remaining blemish, defect, or spot. The LORD takes pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. Even in those dispensations which in themselves are grievous and painful he is seeking their good, and in the end promoting their happiness. 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At this hour, under the gentler dispensation of grace, we wrestle not with flesh and blood; yet is our warfare none the less stern, and our victory none the less sure. propagated by fire and sword or his righteousness wrought by the wrath of man. [3] Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him with the tambourine and harp. love, and to his glory; in their sacrifices of prayer and praise, Let that people therefore praise him, for he Blessed and holy is he that has part in the first resurrection: on such the second death has no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years. The state to which God has lifted the saints: "glory," in contrast with sin, reproach, affliction. General Epistles All evil shall eventually be overthrown: the Lord shall display his justice against evildoers, and in that warfare his servants shall play their parts. Thirdly, the praises of God are of a high nature, appreciative, in respect of the high estimation the Lord himself hath of them, which appears two ways: (a) By the high price wherewith he purchases them; Hos 7:14. of God should flow from a heart filled with delight and triumph in God's attributes, and our relation to him. Honour to their memories is sometimes paid them very abundantly, even by those who formerly were so niggardly and covetous as not to afford them a good word in their lifetime. This is especially so, given the primarily end-time focus of the song (as implied by the granting of salvation and the execution of vengeance on the nations). God's delight in them. that cast away the bands and cords of Christ's government (Ps 2 3), shall not be "So shall he greatly desire thy beauty." "This honour have all his saints." The Lord's taking pleasure in his people is. You are never right until you can be heartily merry in the Lord, nor until you can enjoy mirth in connection with holiness. Verse 4.Here is ratio propositionis, the important reason of the proposed praising of the Lord. The new birth has given them a new heart. Salem Media Group. In the fourth place, the praises of God are high, and of a high nature perfective, that is, in respect of the high measure of grace they are to be attended withal in their performance: the Lord requiring the duty of high praise to be performed with a great measure of Scripture light, with a high degree of effectual fifth, and with a more ample proportion of practical holiness than any other of the most solemn exercises of his public worship. The reader will, by this time, have balanced the probabilities as to the nature and construction of the kinnor; and most likely he will be led to think that it was either a guitar or lyre, a belief which seems to be gaining ground, on account of the aptitude of such instruments for the uses to which the kinnor was devoted. There were three kinds, differing, no doubt, in sound as well as in form; one was circular, another square or oblong, and the third consisted of two squares separated by a bar. 3. That this instrument was really a harp is now very generally denied (Kitto). subjects, or both against their neighbours, under pretence of religion; for Christ never intended that his gospel should be themselves, and high ones of other saints; these the Lord It is the great object of the gospel to sanctify all who embrace it, to restore them to the image of God which they have lost through sin. Luke-Acts Not that I may sleepI lie awake often and long! of sin; brought to submit to the righteousness of Christ, and to We must by all proper ways show forth the praises of God: 4. Under that arrangement, she served as the earthly contingent of the armies [or hosts] of the King of heaven" (Zondervan NIV Study Bible,introductory note on Psalm 149). Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. The honours described in this Psalm are common to all the family of grace; and such service as the Lord appoints is to be undertaken by every one of them, without exception. (3.) (c) In what respects the Lord takes pleasure in his people. Here, again, we see that their hope will be rewarded with being "beautified" with salvation (Psalms 149:4 Psalms 149:4For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.American King James Version). Jude 14, 15. It is JESUS himself I want. 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If we do not praise we shall grow sad in our conflict; and if we do not fight we shall become presumptuous in our song. he puts upon them. The children of Israel are happy to be made a people; the children of Zion are equally happy to be ruled as a people. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of the saints. What opportunities must be taken for praising If any ought to be glad it is the children of Zion; rejoicing is more fit for Israel than for any other people: it is their own folly and fault that they are not oftener brimming with joy in God, for the very thought of him is delight. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. In this statement there are three subjects for inquiry, namely: c. In what respects he takes pleasure in them? in the resource materials are not necessarily affirmed, in total, by this ministry. The principle, end, and design of our coming of The Old Testament is an old song, the New Testament is a new song. Whoso loveth earthly things singeth an old song: let him that desireth to sing a new song love the things of eternity. Oh, the majesty and force of the word! [5] And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins. We must praise him in private. We praise God and contend with our corruptions; we sing joyfully and war earnestly with evil of every kind. Besides the present complacency he has in them, he has prepared for their future glory: He will beautify the Wisdom Literature The sacred dance of devout joy is no example, nor even excuse, for frivolous dances, much less for lewd ones. The Whole Bible 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Psalms 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. Prophets All other glories and honours are but feminine, weak, poor things to it. Wilson, Gerald (2002) - covers psalms 1-72. and punishments upon the people, for We must It seems they are not always on their beds, but are ready for deeds of prowess. 1. 4. The powers of evil cannot bind our King, but by his power their king shall be bound with a great chain, and shut up in the bottomless pit, that he may at length be trodden under the feet of saints. Both the conflict and the victory at the end of it shall cause glory to God, and honour to his holy ones. To Christ's victories by the power of his gospel and grace over spiritual enemies, in which all believers are more than conquerors. The tone of the first four verses of the psalm is much in keeping with the tone of the other Final Hallel psalms. In Psalm 149:1, the psalm singer calls on the assembly of the faithful to sing to the LORD a new song. people those that had been among the pots become as the wings of a dove covered with silver, Ps 68 13), but especially with eternal salvation. Verse 4. It is his solace and pleasure to be attended with them, either in earth or in heaven, by men or angels; and his soul is ravished with the thoughts and contemplation of them. In fact, there are, and can be, no others to whom this title really belongs. "To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron." Note: MLA no longer requires the URL as part of their citation standard. The price wherewith God is willing to purchase them is very high, for not only the expense of all his wisdom, power, and goodness, put forth in creation, not only the laying out of all his counsel, care, love, and faithfulness in providence and preservation; but also the rich treasure of his promises, covenant, grace, yea, the precious blood of his own Son, in our redemption, is given freely, absolutely, intentionally, and ultimately, for no other thing but the purchase of high praises to God (Eph 1:5-6). This is the meaning of the text, this is the beauty which he has designed for his people, and for which he is now preparing them. Love itself is new and eternal; therefore is it ever new, because it never groweth old. What a blessing to have our beds made into thrones, and our retirements turned into triumphs! together in religious assemblies is that we may join together in praising God. God is in the midst of saints, and because of this we may well long to be among them. In the Hebrew , anavim, means poor and afflicted ones; but the term came afterwards to be applied to merciful persons, as bodily afflictions have a tendency to subdue pride, while abundance begets cruelty. In each case holiness should be conspicuous: it is of saints that the text speaks. For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people - Let them rejoice on this account. [16] The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. It is the purpose of God to beautify his people with salvation in this world. Prophets Blue Letter Bible is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. 4. Johannine Writings Quiet is their spirit, but in that very quietude abides the thunder of an irresistible force. Christians have no commission of vengeance; it is theirs to execute the command of mercy, and that alone. 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