Show Bible Commentary For A Bible Verse

Click here to show/hide instructions.

Selected Verse: Psalms 149:1 - Strong Concordance

Verse	Translation	Text
Ps 149:1	Strong Concordance	Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050]. Sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068] a new [02319] song [07892], and his praise [08416] in the congregation [06951] of saints [02623].
	King James	Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse

Open All | Close All Open All | Close All

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
This Psalm sustains a close connection with the foregoing. The chosen people are exhorted to praise God, in view of past favors, and also future victories over enemies, of which they are impliedly assured. (Psa 149:1-9) (Compare Psa 96:1).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

This Psalm sustains a close connection with the foregoing. The chosen people are exhorted to praise God, in view of past favors, and also future victories over enemies, of which they are impliedly assured. (Psa 149:1-9)

(Compare Psa 96:1).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
Praise ye the Lord - Margin, Hallelujah. See the notes at Psa 146:1. Sing unto the Lord a new song - As if there was a new and a special occasion for praise. This would be so if the psalm was composed on the return from the exile; on the rebuilding of the city; and on the re-dedication of the temple. On the meaning of the language, see Psa 33:3, note; Rev 5:9, note; Rev 14:3, note; see also Psa 96:1; Isa 42:10. And his praise in the congregation of saints - In the assembly of the people of God. See Psa 148:14, note; Psa 111:1, note.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
A period, in which the church is renewing its youth and drawing nearer to the form it is finally to assume, also of inward necessity puts forth new songs. Such a new era has now dawned for the church of the saints, the Israel that has remained faithful to its God and the faith of its fathers. The Creator of Israel (עשׂיו, plural, with the plural suffix, like עשׂי in Job 35:10, עשׂיך in Isa 54:5, cf. עשׂו in Job 40:19; according to Hupfeld and Hitzig, cf. Ew. 256, b, Ges. 93, 9, singular; but aj, ajich, aw, are always really plural suffixes) has shown that He is also Israel's Preserver and the King of Zion, that He cannot leave the children of Zion for any length of time under foreign dominion, and has heard the sighing of the exiles (Isa 63:19; Isa 26:13). Therefore the church newly appropriated by its God and King is to celebrate Him, whose Name shines forth anew out of its history, with festive dance, timbrel, and cithern. For (as the occasion, hitherto only hinted at, is now expressly stated) Jahve takes a pleasure in His people; His wrath in comparison with His mercy is only like a swiftly passing moment (Isa 54:7.). The futures that follow state that which is going on at the present time. ענוים is, as frequently, a designation of the ecclesia pressa, which has hitherto, amidst patient endurance of suffering, waited for God's own act of redemption. He now adorns them with ישׁוּעה, help against the victory over the hostile world; now the saints, hitherto enslaved and contemned, exult בכבוד, in honour, or on account of the honour which vindicates them before the world and is anew bestowed upon them (בּ of the reason, or, which is more probable in connection with the boldness of the expression, of the state and mood); (Note: Such, too (with pomp, not "with an army"), is the meaning of μετὰ δόξης in 1 Macc. 10:60; 14:4, 5, vid., Grimm in loc.)) they shout for joy upon their beds, upon which they have hitherto poured forth their complaints over the present (cf. Hos 7:14), and ardently longed for a better future (Isa 26:8); for the bed is the place of soliloquy (Psa 4:5), and the tears shed there (Psa 6:7) are turned into shouts of joy in the case of Israel.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]

A period, in which the church is renewing its youth and drawing nearer to the form it is finally to assume, also of inward necessity puts forth new songs. Such a new era has now dawned for the church of the saints, the Israel that has remained faithful to its God and the faith of its fathers. The Creator of Israel (עשׂיו, plural, with the plural suffix, like עשׂי in Job 35:10, עשׂיך in Isa 54:5, cf. עשׂו in Job 40:19; according to Hupfeld and Hitzig, cf. Ew. 256, b, Ges. 93, 9, singular; but aj, ajich, aw, are always really plural suffixes) has shown that He is also Israel's Preserver and the King of Zion, that He cannot leave the children of Zion for any length of time under foreign dominion, and has heard the sighing of the exiles (Isa 63:19; Isa 26:13). Therefore the church newly appropriated by its God and King is to celebrate Him, whose Name shines forth anew out of its history, with festive dance, timbrel, and cithern. For (as the occasion, hitherto only hinted at, is now expressly stated) Jahve takes a pleasure in His people; His wrath in comparison with His mercy is only like a swiftly passing moment (Isa 54:7.). The futures that follow state that which is going on at the present time. ענוים is, as frequently, a designation of the ecclesia pressa, which has hitherto, amidst patient endurance of suffering, waited for God's own act of redemption. He now adorns them with ישׁוּעה, help against the victory over the hostile world; now the saints, hitherto enslaved and contemned, exult בכבוד, in honour, or on account of the honour which vindicates them before the world and is anew bestowed upon them (בּ of the reason, or, which is more probable in connection with the boldness of the expression, of the state and mood);

(Note: Such, too (with pomp, not "with an army"), is the meaning of μετὰ δόξης in 1 Macc. 10:60; 14:4, 5, vid., Grimm in loc.))

they shout for joy upon their beds, upon which they have hitherto poured forth their complaints over the present (cf. Hos 7:14), and ardently longed for a better future (Isa 26:8); for the bed is the place of soliloquy (Psa 4:5), and the tears shed there (Psa 6:7) are turned into shouts of joy in the case of Israel.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Sing unto the Lord a new song - That is, as we have often had occasion to remark, an excellent song, the best we can possibly pronounce. So the word חדש chadash is often understood; and so the word novus, "new," was often used among the Latin writers: - Pollio amat nostram, quamvis sit rustica, musam. Pollio et ipse facit. Nova Carmina Virg. Ecl. iii., ver. 84. Pollio loves my lines, although rude: Pollio himself makes excellent odes. Tamely and inexpressively translated by Dryden: - "Pollio my rural verse vouchsafes to read. My Pollio writes himself." O what a falling off is here! Servius, in his comment on nova, says, magna, Miranda. Nova means great, admirable. So on novum nectar, Ecl. v., ver. 71, he says, id est, magna dulcedo; "nectar of Excellent flavor." Congregation of saints - The Israelites, who were, by profession and by injunction, a holy people.

Top

¹ O sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068] a new [02319] song [07892]: sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068], all the earth [0776].

¹ Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050]. Sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068] a new [02319] song [07892], and his praise [08416] in the congregation [06951] of saints [02623].
² Let Israel [03478] rejoice [08055] in him that made [06213] him: let the children [01121] of Zion [06726] be joyful [01523] in their King [04428].
³ Let them praise [01984] his name [08034] in the dance [04234]: let them sing praises [02167] unto him with the timbrel [08596] and harp [03658].
⁴ For the LORD [03068] taketh pleasure [07521] in his people [05971]: he will beautify [06286] the meek [06035] with salvation [03444].
⁵ Let the saints [02623] be joyful [05937] in glory [03519]: let them sing aloud [07442] upon their beds [04904].
⁶ Let the high [07319] praises of God [0410] be in their mouth [01627], and a twoedged [06374] sword [02719] in their hand [03027];
⁷ To execute [06213] vengeance [05360] upon the heathen [01471], and punishments [08433] upon the people [03816];
⁸ To bind [0631] their kings [04428] with chains [02131], and their nobles [03513] with fetters [03525] of iron [01270];
⁹ To execute [06213] upon them the judgment [04941] written [03789]: this honour [01926] have all his saints [02623]. Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050].

¹ Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050]. I will praise [03034] the LORD [03068] with my whole heart [03824], in the assembly [05475] of the upright [03477], and in the congregation [05712].

¹⁴ He also exalteth [07311] the horn [07161] of his people [05971], the praise [08416] of all his saints [02623]; even of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], a people [05971] near [07138] unto him. Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050].

¹⁰ Sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068] a new [02319] song [07892], and his praise [08416] from the end [07097] of the earth [0776], ye that go down [03381] to the sea [03220], and all that is therein [04393]; the isles [0339], and the inhabitants [03427] thereof.

¹ O sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068] a new [02319] song [07892]: sing [07891] unto the LORD [03068], all the earth [0776].

³ And [2532] they sung [103] as it were [5613] a new [2537] song [5603] before [1799] the throne [2362], and [2532] before [1799] the four [5064] beasts [2226], and [2532] the elders [4245]: and [2532] no man [3762] could [1410] learn [3129] that song [5603] but [1508] the hundred [1540] and forty [5062] and four [5064] thousand [5505], which [3588] were redeemed [59] from [575] the earth [1093].

⁹ And [2532] they sung [103] a new [2537] song [5603], saying [3004], Thou art [1488] worthy [514] to take [2983] the book [975], and [2532] to open [455] the seals [4973] thereof [846]: for [3754] thou wast slain [4969], and [2532] hast redeemed [59] us [2248] to God [2316] by [1722] thy [4675] blood [129] out of [1537] every [3956] kindred [5443], and [2532] tongue [1100], and [2532] people [2992], and [2532] nation [1484];

³ Sing [07891] unto him a new [02319] song [07892]; play [05059] skilfully [03190] with a loud noise [08643].

¹ Praise [01984] ye the LORD [03050]. Praise [01984] the LORD [03068], O my soul [05315].

⁷ Mine eye [05869] is consumed [06244] because of grief [03708]; it waxeth old [06275] because of all mine enemies [06887].

⁵ Offer [02076] the sacrifices [02077] of righteousness [06664], and put your trust [0982] in the LORD [03068].

⁸ Yea, in the way [0734] of thy judgments [04941], O LORD [03068], have we waited [06960] for thee; the desire [08378] of our soul [05315] is to thy name [08034], and to the remembrance [02143] of thee.

¹⁴ And they have not cried [02199] unto me with their heart [03820], when they howled [03213] upon their beds [04904]: they assemble [01481] themselves for corn [01715] and wine [08492], and they rebel [05493] against me.

⁷ For a small [06996] moment [07281] have I forsaken [05800] thee; but with great [01419] mercies [07356] will I gather [06908] thee.

¹³ O LORD [03068] our God [0430], other lords [0113] beside [02108] thee have had dominion [01166] over us: but by thee only will we make mention [02142] of thy name [08034].

¹⁹ We are thine: thou never [05769] barest rule [04910] over them; they were not called [07121] by thy name [08034].

¹⁹ He is the chief [07225] of the ways [01870] of God [0410]: he that made [06213] him can make [05066] his sword [02719] to approach [05066] unto him.

⁵ For thy Maker [06213] is thine husband [01166]; the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635] is his name [08034]; and thy Redeemer [01350] the Holy One [06918] of Israel [03478]; The God [0430] of the whole earth [0776] shall he be called [07121].

¹⁰ But none saith [0559], Where is God [0433] my maker [06213], who giveth [05414] songs [02158] in the night [03915];