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Psalms 149:5 — King James Version← Study notes

Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.


Psalms 149:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 149:56 words
HebrewMeaning
יַעְלְז֣וּyaʿələzw
let them exultverbH5937
rejoice · triumph
חֲסִידִ֣יםḥăsiydiym
faithful peopleadjH2623
good · holy · merciful · saint ···
בְּ/כָב֑וֹדbəkābwōd
in honorpronH3519
glory · honour
יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּyəranənw
let them sing for joyverbH7442
cry out · be joyful (greatly · make to) rejoice · shout ···
עַלʿal
onpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָֽ/םmišəkəbwōtām
beds theirnounH4904
couch · lieth with
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 149:5

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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