Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 149:5
In glory — For the honour which God putteth upon them. Beds — By night as well as by day.
In glory — For the honour which God putteth upon them. Beds — By night as well as by day.
Verse Psalms 149:5. _LET THE SAINTS BE JOYFUL IN GLORY_] Let them be gloriously joyful: seeing themselves so _honoured_ and so _successful_, let them be joyful. God has put _glory_ or _honour_ upon th...
LET THE SAINTS BE JOYFUL IN GLORY - In the glory of their condition; in the favor of God; in the honor which he bestows upon them. Let them rejoice in this; let them shout and triumph over this. Other...
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...
IN GLORY. "with [ascriptions of] glory". BEDS. couches....
_Let_the beloved exult in _glory_ Let Israel triumph in the honour thus restored to them. Perhaps _glory_as in Psalms 85:9 may include the thought of the renewed manifestation of Jehovah's Presence am...
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...
LET THE SAINTS BE JOYFUL IN GLORY, &C.— _Let the favoured ones exult in their heart._ It is frequent with the psalmist to call upon כבודו _kebodo,_ his _soul,_ or _heart, all that is within him,_ to p...
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
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. LET THE SAINTS BE JOYFUL IN GLORY. The words "in glory," express the state whereto God hath exalted them (; , end; 148:14), o...
149:5 godly (b-3) _ Chasid_ . see Psalms 30:4 ....
A song of praise to God who gives the victory, including vengeance on the enemies of Israel....
UPON THEIR BEDS] even in the night-season....
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
The two clauses are directly parallel: “Let the _chasîdîm_ raise a cry in glory: Let them sing aloud upon their couches.” Either the rejoicing is carried far into the night, and when retired to res...
יַעְלְז֣וּ חֲסִידִ֣ים בְּ כָבֹ֑וד יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ עַל...
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...
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their (d) beds. (d) He alludes to that continual rest and quietness which they should have if they would suffer God to rule them....
_Beds. In eternal rest. (Worthington) --- The prosperity of the Israelites but feebly represents the happiness of the elect. (Calmet)_...
These are all so many gracious calls to the redeemed, to praise God in Christ everywhere, at home and abroad; when upon their beds, and when elsewhere; in the church, and in the closet. And they seem...
5._They shall rejoice. _In making mention here of joy, jubilee, and the high praises of God, he shows still more clearly from the effects which it would produce, that he does not speak of a common ben...
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...
LET THE SAINTS BE JOYFUL IN GLORY,.... In the glory put upon them now, being beautified with salvation; in the righteousness of Christ on them, and the grace of Christ in them, which makes them all gl...
Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. Ver. 5. _Let the saints be joyful in glory_] _i.e._ In their glorious estate by Christ, notwithstanding their present poverty....
_Let the saints be joyful in glory_ For the honour which God puts upon them. _Let them sing aloud upon their beds_ By night as well as by day, in the time usually devoted to rest and sleep, which they...
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...
Let the saints be joyful in glory, on account of the honor granted them by virtue of their adoption as children of God; LET THEM SING ALOUD UPON THEIR BEDS, the change from mourning and lamentation be...
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...
BE JOYFUL IN GLORY, for the honour which God putteth upon them. SING ALOUD UPON THEIR BEDS; either, 1. For their safe and sweet repose and peace, which is signified by resting in beds, ISAIAH 57:2; o...
Psalms 149:5 saints H2623 joyful H5937 (H8799) glory H3519 aloud H7442 (H8762) beds H4904 the saints -...
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...
_Let the saints be joyful in glory._ THE SAINTS IN GLORY I. Their name. “Saints.” 1. Because they are separated. Not the world, or the god of this world, but the God who made and redeemed them, is...
_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 1:8; Job 35:10; Psalms 118:15; Psalms 145:10; Psalms 23:1;...