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title: "Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible -  Psalms 149"
description: "PSALM 149   :-. This Psalm sustains a close connection with the
foregoing. The chosen people are exhorted to praise God, in view of
past favors, and also"
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PSALM 149

. 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.

**1.** (Compare ).

**2.** God had signalized His
relation as a sovereign, in restoring them to their land.

**3. in the dance**— (). The dance is connected with other terms, expressive of
the great joy of the occasion. The word may be rendered "lute,"
to which the other instruments are joined.
**sing praises**—or, sing
and play.

**4. taketh pleasure**—literally,
"accepts," alluding to acceptance of propitiatory offerings
(compare [Psalms 147:11](../../../kjv/psalms/147/11)).
**beautify,** &c.—adorn
the humble with faith, hope, joy, and peace.

**5. in glory**—the honorable
condition to which they are raised.
**upon their beds**—once a
place of mourning ([Psalms 6:6](../../../kjv/psalms/6/6)).

**6. high praises**—or, "deeds."
They shall go forth as religious warriors, as once religious laborers
([Nehemiah 4:17](../../../kjv/nehemiah/4/17)).

**7.** The destruction of the
incorrigibly wicked attends the propagation of God's truth, so that
the military successes of the Jews, after the captivity, typified the
triumphs of the Gospel.

**9. the judgment written**—either
in God's decrees, or perhaps as in .
**this honour**—that is, to
be thus employed, will be an honorable service, to be assigned
**his saints**—or, godly
ones ([Psalms 16:3](../../../kjv/psalms/16/3)).

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