Psalms 149:3

Psalms 149:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
• New International Version (NIV)Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let them praise His name with the dance; Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp.

Context of Psalms 149:3

1Praise ye Jehovah. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints. 2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp. 4For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation. 5Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

Psalms 149:3 word by word

יְהַֽלְל֣וּ שְׁמ֣וֹ בְמָח֑וֹל בְּתֹ֥ף וְ֝כִנּ֗וֹר יְזַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• praiseהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• singזָמַרzâmar · to singH2167
• harpכִּנּוֹרkinnôr · lyreH3658

Cross-references for Psalms 149:3

• Psalms 150:4Praise him with timbrel and dance: Praise him with stringed instruments and pipe.
• Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
• Judges 11:34And Jephthah came to Mizpah unto his house; and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; besides her he had neither son nor daughter.
• 2 Samuel 6:16And it was so, as the ark of Jehovah came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Jehovah; and she despised him in her heart.
• Jeremiah 31:13Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, and the young men and the old together; for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
• Psalms 33:2Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
• Psalms 81:2Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
• Psalms 137:2Upon the willows in the midst thereof We hanged up our harps.
• Psalms 150:3Praise him with trumpet sound: Praise him with psaltery and harp.
• 1 Chronicles 15:28Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.
• 1 Chronicles 16:42and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
• 1 Chronicles 25:6All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
• 2 Chronicles 29:25And he set the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was of Jehovah by his prophets.
• Ezra 3:10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of Jehovah, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise Jehovah, after the order of David king of Israel.

Commentaries on Psalms 149:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Let them praise his name in the dance - Margin, with the pipe. The Hebrew word here - מחול mâchôl - is rendered dancing in Psalm 30:11; dance, as here, Psalm 150:4 (where also the margin has pipe); Jeremiah 31:13; Lamentations 5:15; dances, Jeremiah 31:4. It does not elsewhere occur. On the verb חול chûl see Psalm 10:5, note; Psalm 51:5, note. Here it cannot be improper to regard it as referring to that measured tread, or solemn movement which…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-9This psalm of praise celebrates the Lord's victory. God is the Maker of Israel (Psalm 149:1–2) and the victorious King who shares his glory with his faithful followers (149:3–9).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. in the dance--(Psa 30:11). 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.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 149:3

• Dancing
• Harp
• Music
• Praise
• Timbrel

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Psalms 149

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings