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 to the Lord a new song. Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful. 2O Israel, rejoice in your Maker. O people of Jerusalem, exult in your King. Praise his name with dancing, accompanied by tambourine and harp. 4For the Lord delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory. 5Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them. Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds.

Psalms 149:3 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Let them praiseהָלַלhâlal · to boast: praiseH1984
• his nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• in the danceמָחוֹלmâchôl · danceH4234
• let them sing praisesזָמַרzâmar · to singH2167
• unto him with the timbrelתֹּףtôph · tambourineH8596
• and harpכִּנּוֹרkinnôr · lyreH3658

Cross-references for Psalms 149:3

• Psalms 150:4Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes!
• Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced.
• Judges 11:34When Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, his daughter came out to meet him, playing on a tambourine and dancing for joy. She was his one and only child; he had no other sons or daughters.
• 2 Samuel 6:16But as the Ark of the Lord entered the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looked down from her window. When she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she was filled with contempt for him.
• Jeremiah 31:13The young women will dance for joy, and the men—old and young—will join in the celebration. I will turn their mourning into joy. I will comfort them and exchange their sorrow for rejoicing.
• Psalms 33:2Praise the Lord with melodies on the lyre; make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.
• Psalms 81:2Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
• Psalms 137:2We put away our harps, hanging them on the branches of poplar trees.
• Psalms 150:3Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise him with the lyre and harp!
• 1 Chronicles 15:28So all Israel brought up the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant with shouts of joy, the blowing of rams’ horns and trumpets, the crashing of cymbals, and loud playing on harps and lyres.
• 1 Chronicles 16:42They used their trumpets, cymbals, and other instruments to accompany their songs of praise to God. And the sons of Jeduthun were appointed as gatekeepers.
• 1 Chronicles 25:6All these men were under the direction of their fathers as they made music at the house of the Lord. Their responsibilities included the playing of cymbals, harps, and lyres at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman reported directly to the king.
• 2 Chronicles 29:25King Hezekiah then stationed the Levites at the Temple of the Lord with cymbals, lyres, and harps. He obeyed all the commands that the Lord had given to King David through Gad, the king’s seer, and the prophet Nathan.
• Ezra 3:10When the builders completed the foundation of the Lord’s Temple, the priests put on their robes and took their places to blow their trumpets. And the Levites, descendants of Asaph, clashed their cymbals to praise the Lord, just as King David had prescribed.

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

• Dance
• Games
• Hallel
• Psalms, Book of
• Vulgate

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