New English Translation
Psalms 149:3
3Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!
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 to the Lord a new song! Praise him in the assembly of the godly! 2Let Israel rejoice in their Creator! Let the people of Zion delight in their king! Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp! 4For the Lord takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them. 5Let the godly rejoice because of their vindication! Let them shout for joy upon their beds!
Read all of Psalms 149Psalms 149:3 word by word
יְהַֽלְל֣וּ שְׁמ֣וֹ בְמָח֑וֹל בְּתֹ֥ף וְ֝כִנּ֗וֹר יְזַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 149:3
- Psalms 150:4Praise him with the tambourine and with dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and the flute!
- Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.
- Judges 11:34When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter.
- 2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked out the window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him.
- Jeremiah 31:13The Lord says, “At that time young women will dance and be glad. Young men and old men will rejoice. I will turn their grief into gladness. I will give them comfort and joy in place of their sorrow.
- Psalms 33:2Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!
- Psalms 81:2Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
- Psalms 137:2On the poplars in her midst we hang our harps,
- Psalms 150:3Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp!
- 1 Chronicles 15:28All Israel brought up the ark of the Lord’s covenant; they were shouting, blowing trumpets, sounding cymbals, and playing stringed instruments.
- 1 Chronicles 16:42Heman and Jeduthun were in charge of the music, including the trumpets, cymbals, and the other musical instruments used in praising God. The sons of Jeduthun guarded the entrance.
- 1 Chronicles 25:6All of these were under the supervision of their fathers; they were musicians in the Lord’s temple, playing cymbals and stringed instruments as they served in God’s temple. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the supervision of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 29:25King Hezekiah stationed the Levites in the Lord’s temple with cymbals and stringed instruments, just as David, Gad the king’s prophet, and Nathan the prophet had ordered. (The Lord had actually given these orders through his prophets.)
- Ezra 3:10When the builders established the Lord’s temple, the priests, ceremonially attired and with their clarions, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with their cymbals, stood to praise the Lord according to the instructions left by 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
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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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