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Psalms 149:3 — King James Version← Study notes

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.


Psalms 149:3Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 149:37 words
HebrewMeaning
יְהַֽלְל֣וּyəhaləlw
let them praiseverbH1984
celebrate · commend · (deal · make) ···
שְׁמ֣/וֹšəmwō
name hisnounH8034
base · named · renown · report
בְ/מָח֑וֹלbəmāḥwōl
with dancingpronH4234
בְּ/תֹ֥ףbətōp
with tambourinepronH8596
timbrel
וְ֝/כִנּ֗וֹרwəkinwōr
and harpconjH3658
יְזַמְּרוּyəzamərw
let them make musicverbH2167
sing forth praises · psalms
לֽ/וֹlwō
pron
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 149:3

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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