Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 149:4
The Lord — He rejoiceth over them to do them good. Beautify — Heb. adorn, make them amiable and honourable in the eyes of the world, who now hate and despise them. The meek — All true Israelites are such.
The Lord — He rejoiceth over them to do them good. Beautify — Heb. adorn, make them amiable and honourable in the eyes of the world, who now hate and despise them. The meek — All true Israelites are such.
Verse Psalms 149:4. _THE LORD TAKETH PLEASURE IN HIS PEOPLE_] The pleasure or good will of God is in his people: he loves them ardently, and will load them with his benefits, while they are humble and...
FOR THE LORD TAKETH PLEASURE IN HIS PEOPLE - Let them rejoice on this account. He loves them; he approves their conduct; he bestows his favors upon them. All this should add to their joy, and fill the...
PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...
CXLIX. A SONG OF TRIUMPH AND MESSIANIC EXPECTATION. Obviously this Ps. depicts a stage in the Maccabean war. It is addressed to the assembly of the saints, the Hasidim of Psalms 4:3. The heroes whom t...
TAKETH PLEASURE. Compare Isaiah 54:7; Isaiah 54:8....
_taketh pleasure in his people_ The deliverance which they have experienced is the proof of the renewal of His favour. Cp. Psalms 147:11; Isaiah 54:7-8; Isaiah 60:10. _he_adorneth _the meek with salva...
DISCOURSE: 751 THE DUTY OF PRAISING GOD FOR HIS GOODNESS Psalms 149:4. _The Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them s...
HE WILL BEAUTIFY THE MEEK— i.e. "Will deliver those who meekly depend upon him, and will make them as great and illustrious, as they had been contemptible and mean." See 1 Chronicles 14:2. Mudge rende...
PSALMS 149 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A New Song for Israel, which Others may Not Sing. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 149:1-3, A Well-Defined People Addressed. Stanza II., Psalms 149:4-6, A Well-Defined Time
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. FOR THE LORD TAKETH PLEASURE IN HIS PEOPLE - (Psalms 147:10.) HE WILL BEAUTIFY THE MEEK WITH SALVATION - para...
149:4 people; (a-7) _ Am_ (singular of _ Ammim_ , Psalms 7:8 ). It generally signifies Israel....
A song of praise to God who gives the victory, including vengeance on the enemies of Israel....
SALVATION] RM 'victory.'...
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ HIS PEOPLE PSALMS 149 THE 4TH *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said (to his 12 *disciples), "When the Son of man will sit as king on his *throne, you will
HE WILL BEAUTIFY THE MEEK... — Rather, _He adorns the oppressed with salvation._ Not only is the victory which achieves the deliverance of the afflicted people a relief to them, but the honour won in...
כִּֽי ־רֹוצֶ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה בְּ עַמֹּ֑ו יְפָאֵ֥ר ע
Psalms 149:1 IN the preceding psalm Israel's restoration was connected with the recognition by all creatures and especially by the kings of the earth and their people, of Jehovah's glory. This psalm p...
THE PRAISE-SONGS OF GOD'S PEOPLE Psalms 149:1-9; Psalms 150:1-6 Israel was formed into a nation and delivered from Babylon, that her singers should lead the praises of mankind, and her teachers provi...
As the last song ended by the recognition of the place of the saints in expressing the universal praise of Jehovah, this one enlarges the thought by confining itself wholly to the anthem of saints. “H...
_Unto. Hebrew, "in Jesus," (St. Jerome) or "he will adorn the neck with salvation," as with a precious robe, Psalm cxxxi. 9, 16. --- The captives shall be restored to glory. (Calmet)_...
Sweet thought! may we not, while reading it, take up Solomon's humble inquiry, But will God indeed dwell on earth? 1 Kings 8:27....
4._For God hath taken pleasure in his people. _We have spoken elsewhere of the verb רצה, _ratsah _here it means _free favor, _the Psalmist saying that it was entirely of his good pleasure that God had...
Psalms 149 calls upon Israel to praise. The creation and Israel we have seen all through to be co-ordinate (the new creation and the assembly), and to form the sphere of the Psalms. Still it is now in...
FOR THE LORD TAKETH PLEASURE IN HIS PEOPLE,.... Not all mankind; though they are all his people by creation, and are under the care of his providence; yet they are not all acceptable to him; some are...
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Ver. 4. _For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people_] Psalms 35:27, when they are under the cross especially, and...
_The Lord taketh pleasure in his people_ He loveth them above all people, and rejoiceth over them to do them good. _He will beautify the meek_ The humble, and lowly, and contrite in heart, that trembl...
HALLELUJAH TO THE GOD OF VICTORY. A song of praise exhorting particularly the chosen people, the true believers, to praise God for favors of the past, as well as for future victories, which His promi...
For the Lord taketh pleasure in His people, accepting their offerings and thereby declaring Himself well pleased with them; HE WILL BEAUTIFY THE MEEK WITH SALVATION, adorning those who come to Him wit...
1-5 New mercies continually demand new songs of praise, upon earth and in heaven. And the children of Zion have not only to bless the God who made them, but to rejoice in him, as having created them...
TAKETH PLEASURE IN HIS PEOPLE; he loveth them above all people, and rejoiceth over them to do them good. HE WILL BEAUTIFY, Heb. _adorn_ or _glorify_; make them amiable and honourable in the eyes of th...
Psalms 149:4 LORD H3068 pleasure H7521 (H8802) people H5971 beautify H6286 (H8762) humble H6035 salvation H3444...
Psalms 149:1. _Praise ye the Lord._ This is a Hallelujah Psalm; it begins with, «Praise ye the Lord,» and finishes in the same way. It is a complete circle of praise. The long streams of the Psalms e...
The whole Book of Psalms is full of praise, but the praise culminates at the close. There are five «Hallelujah Psalms» at the end of the Book; they are so named because they both begin and conclude wi...
CONTENTS: Triumph in the God of Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Our praises of God should flow from a heart filled with delight and triumph in His attributes and our relation to Him. KEY WORD:...
This is a grand ode of thanksgiving after victory; it is applied by the rabbi Kimchi to the days of the Messiah. The pious Hebrews always hang by the anchor of their hope. Psalms 149:3. _Praise his na...
_For the Lord taketh pleasure in His people._ THE OBJECTS OF THE DIVINE DELIGHT I. The people refereed to. 1. They bear the Lord’s name. They are His disciples, subjects, servants, soldiers. 2. Th...
_Sing unto the Lord a new song._ THE SONG OF THE SAINTS 1. The elect, regenerate, or true believers have a song of their own for mercies proper to them, beside the praise which they have to give for...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 149:1. This psalm calls on God’s people to praise the Lord for their special privileges. ⇐...
INTRODUCTION This Psalm, like the others of the series of which it forms a part, bears evident traces both in style and language, and in the feelings which it expresses, of belonging to the post-exile...
EXPOSITION A "Hallelujah Psalm," combining the praise of God for mercies already received with anticipations of future vengeance, through God's help, on heathen enemies that are still bent on persecut...
Praise the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them pr...
1 Peter 3:4; 1 Peter 5:5; Hebrews 12:10; Isaiah 61:10; Isaiah 61:1;...