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Psalms 149:7
7to inflict 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;
- 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;
- New Living Translation (NLT)to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
Context of Psalms 149:7
5Let his faithful people rejoice in this honor and sing for joy on their beds. 6May the praise of God be in their mouths and a double-edged sword in their hands, to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, 8to bind their kings with fetters, their nobles with shackles of iron, 9to carry out the sentence written against them— this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the Lord.
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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 repays you according to what you have done to us.
- Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
- Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ said the angel of the Lord. ‘Curse its people bitterly, because they did not come to help the Lord, to help the Lord against the mighty.’
- 1 Samuel 15:2This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt.
- Zechariah 9:13I will bend Judah as I bend my bow and fill it with Ephraim. I will rouse your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and make you like a warrior’s sword.
- Zechariah 14:17If any of the peoples of the earth do not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord Almighty, they will have no rain.
- Revelation 19:11I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages 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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