Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 149:8
To bind (f) their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
(f) Not only the people, but the kings who were their enemies should be destroyed.
To bind (f) their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
(f) Not only the people, but the kings who were their enemies should be destroyed.
Verse Psalms 149:8. _TO BIND THEIR KINGS WITH CHAINS, AND THEIR NOBLES WITH_ _FETTERS OF IRON_] That is, if these kings, governors of provinces, and chiefs among the people, had attacked them, God wo...
TO BIND THEIR KINGS WITH CHAINS - To make them prisoners and captives. This is but carrying out the idea in the previous verses, of inflicting punishment upon them for the wrongs which they had done t...
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 subjection and homage of the nations to Israel are repeatedly anticipated in the later Chapter s of Isaiah (Isaiah 45:14; Isaiah 49:7; Isaiah 49:23; Isaiah 60:
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
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; TO BIND THEIR KINGS WITH CHAINS, AND THEIR NOBLES WITH FETTERS OF IRON - just as Joseph, when exalted from a dungeon to be lo...
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
לֶ אְסֹ֣ר מַלְכֵיהֶ֣ם בְּ זִקִּ֑ים וְ֝ נִכְבּ
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...
_Iron. These poetical expressions denote victory. The Machabees made great conquests, and the Jews expect greater under the Messias. But this has been verified in the conversion of nations to Christ,...
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...
The next verse, where mention is made of_kings _and _nobles, _is an amplification; for had he only spoken of peoples and nations, this might have been restricted to the common people and men of low co...
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...
TO BIND THEIR KINGS WITH CHAINS, AND THEIR NOBLES WITH FETTERS OF IRON. Which is thought to allude to what was done to the Canaanitish kings, in the times of Joshua; and to the princes of Midian by Gi...
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; Ver. 8. _To bind their kings with chains_] Restraining their vices, and bringing them to the obedience of faith. See Isaiah 45:...
_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...
to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron;...
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 h...
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Psalms 149:8 bind H631 (H8800) kings H4428 chains H2131 nobles H3513 (H8737) fetters H3525 iron H1270...
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. ⇐...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 149:7 The faithful will do God’s work of bringing VENGEANCE ON THE NATIONS (assuming that they refuse the invitation to “praise the name of the LORD,”...
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...
Joshua 10:23; Joshua 10:24; Joshua 12:7; Judges 1:6; Judges 1:7...