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 the Lord! Sing a new song to the Lord, And His praise in the congregation of the godly ones. 2Israel shall be joyful in his Maker; The sons of Zion shall rejoice in their King. They shall praise His name with dancing; They shall sing praises to Him with tambourine and lyre. 4For the Lord takes pleasure in His people; He will glorify the lowly with salvation. 5The godly ones shall be jubilant in glory; They shall sing for joy on their beds.

Psalms 149:3 word by word

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

• They shall praiseהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• His nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• dancingמָחוֹלmâchôl · danceH4234
• They shall singזָמַרzâmar · to singH2167
• tambourineתֹּףtôph · tambourineH8596
• and lyreכִּנּוֹרkinnôr · lyreH3658

Cross-references for Psalms 149:3

• Psalms 150:4Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.
• Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing.
• Judges 11:34But Jephthah came to his house at Mizpah, and behold, his daughter was coming out to meet him with tambourines and with dancing. And she was his one and only child; besides her he had no son or daughter.
• 2 Samuel 6:16Then it happened, as the ark of the Lord was coming into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked down through the window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she was contemptuous of him in her heart.
• Jeremiah 31:13Then the virgin will rejoice in the dance, And the young men and the old together; For I will turn their mourning into joy And comfort them, and give them joy for their sorrow.
• Psalms 33:2Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.
• Psalms 81:2Raise a song, strike the tambourine, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
• Psalms 137:2Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps.
• Psalms 150:3Praise Him with trumpet sound; Praise Him with harp and lyre.
• 1 Chronicles 15:28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps, and lyres.
• 1 Chronicles 16:42And with them were Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those who were to play them, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun for the gate.
• 1 Chronicles 25:6All of these were under the direction of their father to sing in the house of the Lord, with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
• 2 Chronicles 29:25He then stationed the Levites in the house of the Lord with cymbals, harps, and lyres, according to the command of David and of Gad, the king’s seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for the command was from the Lord through His prophets.
• Ezra 3:10Now when the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, the priests stood in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites, the sons of Asaph, with cymbals, to praise the Lord according to the directions of King David 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