Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 149:1
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD (a) a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints.
(a) For his rare and manifold benefits bestowed on his Church.
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD (a) a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints.
(a) For his rare and manifold benefits bestowed on his Church.
PSALM CXLIX _All the congregation are invited to praise God for his_ _mercies_, 1-3. _Their great privileges_, 4, 5. _Their victories_, 6-9. NOTES ON PSALM CXLIX This seems to
PRAISE YE THE LORD - Margin, Hallelujah. See the notes at Psalms 146:1. SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG - As if there was a new and a special occasion for praise. This would be so if the psalm was compo...
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...
The fourth of the concluding five Hallelujah Psalms, answering to NUMBERS. Compare verses: Psalms 149:5 with Numbers 24:17. PRAISE YE THE LORD. Hebrew Hallelu-JAH. App-4. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah....
_Praise ye the Lord_ The liturgical _Hallelujah_. See on Psalms 104:35. _Sing unto_Jehovah _a new song_ In acknowledgment of new mercies. Cp. Psalms 33:3; Psalms 96:1, note. _his praise in the_assemb...
_The prophet exhorteth to praise God for his love to the church, and for that power which he hath given to it._ THIS psalm appears to have been composed upon some signal victory, and some great explo...
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
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Psalms 149:1.-Call to Israel to praise God for salvation, with music and dances (Psalms 149:1); anti...
149:1 godly. (g-16) Or 'godly,' _ chasid_ . see Psalms 30:4 . congregation (h-13) As Exodus 12:6 ....
A song of praise to God who gives the victory, including vengeance on the enemies of Israel....
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
A NEW SONG. — See Psalms 33:3. THE CONGREGATION. — Apparently the psalm puts us in the Maccabæan age, when the _chasîdîm_ was become a regular title for the patriotic party....
הַ֥לְלוּ יָ֨הּ ׀ שִׁ֣ירוּ לַֽ֭ יהוָה שִׁ֣יר ח
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...
Alleluia. Theodoret repeats this word here and in the following psalm. The author of this psalm is unknown. It was sung after the captivity, to thank God for the favours and peace granted to his peopl...
CONTENTS If possible, the composition of this hymn riseth to higher notes than the former. The sacred writer, in the close of the foregoing Psalm, called upon the Zion of the Lord to praise him; but...
Israel, by name, is here demanded to come forward to the pleasant employment of praise; and Jesus, King in Zion, is to be their one glorious theme. I beg the reader to remark, that here is nothing sai...
_A HYMN OF SALVATION_ ‘Praise ye the Lord.’ Psalms 149:1 This psalm begins with the two well-known formulas—‘Hallelujah’ and ‘Sing unto the Lord a new song.’ It designates itself as intended to be s...
1._Sing to Jehovah a new song. _This exordium proves what I have just said, that the exhortation now given is addressed only to God’s people; for the singular goodness which is particularly extended t...
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...
PRAISE YE THE LORD,.... Or "hallelujah"; the title of the psalm, according to many; SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG; for a new mercy received, a new victory obtained, or a new salvation wrought; more p...
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, [and] his praise in the congregation of saints. Ver. 1. _Praise ye the Lord_] See Psalms 148:1 . _ Sing unto the Lord a new song_] A New Testament s...
_Sing unto the Lord a new song_ For these new mercies conferred upon us, denied to former times. _Let Israel rejoice in him that made him_ That made them not only his creatures, but, which is unspeaka...
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...
Praise ye the Lord, this being the constant occupation of the faithful, their moat delightful pastime. SING UNTO THE LORD A NEW SONG, one composed under the pressure of new, youthful energy, as the co...
PRAISE YE: _ Heb._ Hallelujah...
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...
PSALM 149 THE ARGUMENT The scope and design of this Psalm is to stir up and encourage God's people to praise him; either, 1. For their deliverance out of Babylon, and the promises which God had given...
Psalms 149:1 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3050 Sing H7891 (H8798) LORD H3068 new H2319 song H7892 praise...
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...
_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...
Hebrews 2:12; Isaiah 42:10; Psalms 111:1; Psalms 116:18; Psalms 144:9