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Psalms 149:8 — King James Version← Study notes

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;


Psalms 149:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 149:86 words
HebrewMeaning
לֶ/אְסֹ֣רleʾəsōr
to bindpronH631
fast · gird · harness · hold ···
מַלְכֵי/הֶ֣םmaləkēyhem
kings theirnounH4428
royal
בְּ/זִקִּ֑יםbəziqiym
with fetterspronH2131
fetter · firebrand · spark
וְ֝/נִכְבְּדֵי/הֶ֗םwənikəbədēyhem
and honored people theirconjH3513
more grievously afflict · boast · be chargeable · be dim ···
בְּ/כַבְלֵ֥יbəkabəlēy
with shackles ofpronH3525
בַרְזֶֽלbarəzel
ironnounH1270
iron
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 149:8

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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