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Psalms 149:7
7inflicting vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
Psalms 149:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
- New International Version (NIV)to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
- English Standard Version (ESV)to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,
- New King James Version (NKJV)To execute vengeance on the nations, And punishments on the peoples;
Context of Psalms 149:7
5Let the faithful celebrate in triumphal glory; let them shout for joy on their beds. 6Let the exaltation of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, inflicting vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, 8binding their kings with chains and their dignitaries with iron shackles, 9carrying out the judgment decreed against them. This honor is for all his faithful people. Hallelujah!
Read all of Psalms 149Psalms 149:7 word by word
לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת נְ֭קָמָה בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗ת בַּל־אֻמִּֽים׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 149:7
- Psalms 137:8Daughter Babylon, doomed to destruction, happy is the one who pays you back what you have done to us.
- Numbers 31:2“Execute vengeance for the Israelites against the Midianites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
- Judges 5:23“Curse Meroz,” says the angel of the Lord, “Bitterly curse her inhabitants, for they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord with the warriors.”
- 1 Samuel 15:2This is what the Lord of Armies says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them along the way as they were coming out of Egypt.
- Zechariah 9:13For I will bend Judah as my bow; I will fill that bow with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece. I will make you like a warrior’s sword.
- Zechariah 14:17Should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of Armies, rain will not fall on them.
- Revelation 19:11Then I saw heaven opened, and there was a white horse. Its rider is called Faithful and True, and with justice he judges and makes war.
Commentaries on Psalms 149:7
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7To execute vengeance upon the heathen - To inflict punishment upon them as a recompence for their sins. The word pagan here means nations. The allusion is, doubtless, to those who had oppressed and injured the Hebrew people - perhaps referring to those who had destroyed the city and the temple at the time of the Babylonian captivity. They were now to receive the punishment due for the wrongs which they had done to the nation; a just recompence at the hand…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-9Verses 6-9 Some of God's servants of old were appointed to execute vengeance according to his word. They did not do it from personal revenge or earthly politics, but in obedience to God's command. And the honour intended for all the saints of God, consists in their triumphs over the enemies of their salvation. Christ never intended his gospel should be spread by fire and sword, or his righteousness by the wrath of man. But let the high praises of God be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-9vengeance: The Lord is the one who brings justice against wrongdoing (see Psalms 2:3; 94:1; 102:20; 142:7; 146:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. 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.Read the comment
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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
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