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Psalms 149:7 — King James Version← Study notes

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;


Psalms 149:7Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 149:76 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/עֲשׂ֣וֹתlaʿăśwōt
to executepronH6213
advance · appoint · apt · be at ···
נְ֭קָמָהnəqāmāh
vengeancenounH5360
avenge · vengeance
בַּ/גּוֹיִ֑םbagwōyim
on the nationspronH1471
heathen · nation · people
תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗תtwōkēḥōt
punishmentnounH8433
chastened · correction · reasoning · rebuke ···
בַּלbal
notparticleH1077
neither · no · none · not ···
אֻמִּֽיםʾumiym
nationnounH3816
people
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 149:7

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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