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 149:2 — Hebrew 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

ℹWords 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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