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Psalms 149:2 — King James Version← Study notes

Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.


Psalms 149:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 149:27 words
HebrewMeaning
יִשְׂמַ֣חyiśəmaḥ
let it rejoiceverbH8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
יִשְׂרָאֵ֣לyiśərāʾēl
IsraelnounH3478
בְּ/עֹשָׂ֑י/וbəʿōśāyw
in maker itspronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
בְּנֵֽיbənēy
the children ofnounH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
צִ֝יּ֗וֹןṣiywōn
ZionnounH6726
יָגִ֥ילוּyāgiylw
let them be gladverbH1523
joy · be joyful · rejoice
בְ/מַלְכָּֽ/םbəmaləkām
in king theirpronH4428
royal
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 149:2

1. Let us praise the Lord both in voice, and in understanding, and in good works; and, as this Psalm exhorts, let us sing unto Him a new song. It begins: “Sing ye to the Lord a new song. His praise is in the Church of the Saints” Psalm 149:1. The old man has an old song, the new man a new song. The Old Testament is an old song, the New Testament a new song. In the Old Testament are temporal and earthly promises. Whoever loves earthly things sings an old song: let him that…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 149 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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