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Psalms 149:4 — King James Version← Study notes

For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.


Psalms 149:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 149:47 words
HebrewMeaning
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
רוֹצֶ֣הrwōṣeh
is taking pleasureverbH7521
accomplish · set affection · approve · consent with ···
יְהוָ֣הyəhwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּ/עַמּ֑/וֹbəʿamwō
in people hispronH5971
men · nation · people
יְפָאֵ֥רyəpāʾēr
he glorifiesverbH6286
boast self · go over the boughs · glorify · glory ···
עֲ֝נָוִ֗יםʿănāwiym
humble peopleadjH6035
lowly · meek · poor. Compare
בִּ/ישׁוּעָֽהbiyšwʿāh
with salvationpronH3444
health · help · salvation · save ···
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 149:4

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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