The character to be aimed at"the meek.". Major Prophets (b) But why does the Lord "take pleasure" in them? This expression needs a little explication, because so variously rendered by most interpreters; some rendering it only, exaltations of God; others, praising exalting God; others, sublime praises of God; others, praises highly uttered unto God: the reason whereof is, because the word romemoth in the text signifies sometimes actively, and then it notes the height, exaltation, and lifting up of anything to the observation of others; and sometimes passively, and then it notes the height, worth, excellency of the thing that is exalted, or lifted up, in itself. Verse 5."Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds." range of evangelical traditions, all of the ideas and principles conveyed The living God imparts vigorous life to those who trust him. This was Israel's boast in actual fact, it is ours spiritually. communion with them; and in their prosperity and happinesS, here Jehoshaphat's army had at 2. Sing to the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Under the illusion that it might be used as a prayer without any spiritual transmutation, Psalms 149. has become the watchword of the most horrible errors. Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence. To his truth. The saints must praise God, saints in profession, A wonderful assemblya congregation of saints. Abundance of terror to the proudest of their enemies (. Verse 9. Prophets The two things act and react upon each other. Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and the harp. We find one in the second clause of the text; but it equally belongs to the first. Pauline Epistles God's delight in them. Please enter your email address associated with your Salem All-Pass account, then click Continue. Psalm 22:8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him. Never can we find a nobler subject for a song than the Lord, nor one more full of fresh matter for a new song, nor one which we are personally so much bound to sing as a new song "unto the Lord." Would you prayerfully consider a gift of support today? Wisdom Literature Johannine Writings [16] The LORD also shall roar out of Zion, and utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the heavens and the earth shall shake: but the LORD will be the hope of his people, and the strength of the children of Israel. All saints praise God: they would not be saints if they did not. Saintship is a matter of Divine workmanship, and therefore it is far more remarkable than human excellence. (b) We may now consider this promise as it relates to the future world. A work for which there is abundant cause, reason, and argument. wrath; are free from envy and malice; have mean thoughts of They are not of a neutral tint: men both hear them and feel them. Luke-Acts Their shouts are not now for the battlefield, but for the places of their rest: they can peacefully lie down and yet enjoy the victory with which the Lord has beautified them. upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Surely in this we have the best argument for glorifying the Lord, wherefore we close our new song with another Hallelujah, "Praise ye the Lord.". It is well to repeat the old; it is more useful to invent the new. Pauline Epistles 2. Luke-Acts Your partnership makes all we do possible. They all believe in him, and have faith in his word and promises; they rely on his truth and power; they hope in his mercy; they fear his displeasure; they love his person and name. The last "honour" is imitation of their virtuous examples. Then it was verified which before was prophesied, "They shall bind kings in chains, and nobles in fetters of iron." Verse 9."This honour have all his saints." We have like honour, but it is shown in victories of another sort. The first part of Psalm 149 communicates a sense of celebration, including praising God with dance, singing with timbrels (tambourines) and harps (verse 3)--celebratory elements that are all invoked in the next and final psalm, as we will see. The Old Testament 3. Abundance of joy to all the people of God, ver 1-5. Let us never attempt its suppression, but issue in the terms of this verse a double license for exultation. Verse 4. punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute American King James Version). Blue Letter Bible study tools make reading, searching and studying the Bible easy and rewarding. King James Version (KJV) Public Domain. This The tone is exceedingly jubilant and exultant. WebCommentary on Psalm 149:1-5. Psalm 149 is the fourth of the five Final Hallel psalms (Psalms 146-150) that form the closing doxology of the Hebrew Psalter. King James Version Psalm 148. All true Christians may call themselves the children of Zion, for in faith and hope we have come unto The principle, end, and design of our coming conservative Christian faith, which includes a firm belief in the inerrancy Copyright 2023, Bible Study Tools. Nay, it is with tears of humble gratitude that I tell of the goodness of the Lord. That which is so fully justified by fact, may well be loudly proclaimed. God takes pleasure in sanctifying, justifying and glorifying them; they must surely take pleasure in extolling him as Friend, Protector, Law giver, Leader, King, God! to Christ, and he has redeemed; and who are called by the Spirit The scriptural term "meekness" is one which singularly characterizes and distinguishes the true Christian. 1 Walter Brueggemann, The Message of the Psalms: A Theological Commentary (Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1984), p. 166. Major Prophets (2.) Sing unto the LORD a new song. 3. - For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people. 4. e) Because they have the glorious hope of resurrection. What opportunities must be taken for praising God, none must be let slip, but particularly, (1.) (Read all of Psalm 149) Ps 149:1-9 . Yet when Jesus returns to set His Kingdom up on this earth, His saints, then glorified in divine power,willfight alongside Him--as this psalm makes clear. Verse 5. The duty of praising God is a high duty, which must exalt and lift up the high God in it. God taketh pleasure in all his children as Jacob loved all his sons; but the meek are his Josephs, and upon these he puts the coat of many colours, beautifying them with peace, content, joy, holiness, and influence. He weighs not the worth or merit of the action, but the principle and motive from which it springs. Wilsons commentary does not cover Abundance of terror to the GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation, Select a Beginning Point Historical Books As it respects man, meekness comprehends lowliness of mind, and a readiness to prefer others before ourselves; gentleness of disposition and behaviour; forbearance under provocations; forgiveness of injuries; quietness of spirit, and moderation in pushing forward our own interest and benefit. We then give honour to God when we take pleasure in him. Pauline Epistles Specially you, ye chosen people, whom he has made to be his saints. Our singing should be "unto the Lord;" the songs we sing should be of him and to him, "for of him, and to him, and through him are all things." Now the Lord, who is of the most perfect understanding, and deepest skill and knowledge, declares himself to take infinite delight in his people's praises. What God's dominion over them. California - Do Not Sell My Personal Information. They can do two things at a time: if they do not wield the trowel and the sword, at least they sing and strike. They do not do it from any personal malice and revenge, or any bloody We only read of three in Scripture whose faces shone remarkablyviz., Christ, Moses, and Stephenand they were eminent for meekness. God, none must be let slip, but particularly, (1.) But whereas many Scriptures in the New Testament keep up singing as a gospel ordinance, none provide for the keeping up of music and dancing; the gospel canon for Psalmody is to "sing with the spirit and with the understanding.". (On the employment of dancing by the Hebrews as a religious exercise, and in their most solemn acts of worship, Honour to their memories is sometimes paid them very abundantly, even by those who formerly were so niggardly and covetous as not to afford them a good word in their lifetime. The honours described in this Psalm are common to all the family of grace; and such service as the Lord appoints is to be undertaken by every one of them, without exception. The Lord taketh pleasure in his people - The pleasure or good will of God is in his people: he loves them ardently, and will load them Pentateuch (4-5) David calms himself before the LORD. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. Historical Books American King James Version; Isaiah 49:2 Isaiah 49:2And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand has he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver has he hid me;American King James Version). Verse 7. The word had him in bands like a prisoner, and made him confess against himself before Festus that he was "almost persuaded to be a Christian." Vengeance shall then be executed upon the heathen (Ps 9 17), and punishments, He makes his people meek, and then makes the meek beautiful. 4. ", Verse 5 (second clause).Let them praise God. At this hour, under the gentler dispensation of grace, we wrestle not with flesh and blood; yet is our warfare none the less stern, and our victory none the less sure. With this two-edged sword the first preachers of the gospel obtained a glorious victory over the powers of darkness; vengeance was executed upon the gods of the heathen, by the conviction and conversion of those that had been long their worshippers, and by the consternation and confusion of those that would not repent (. James L. Mays (Louisville: John Knox Press, 1994), 302-3. Wisdom Literature God's dominion over them. What else do those expressions in Scripture imply wherein it is asserted, that by this high duty of praise the high Jehovah is exalted (Psa 107:32); His sublime perfections are extolled and lifted up (Psa 68:4); His great Name is magnified (Luke 1:64); His infinite majesty is glorified (Psa 50:23). Verse 2. 3. 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WebPsalms 149:1-9 Praise the LORD. So this verse calls on the saints to hold a banquet, a feast of fat things. Mark what went before"as it is written;" but by whom, and where? The price wherewith God is willing to purchase them is very high, for not only the expense of all his wisdom, power, and goodness, put forth in creation, not only the laying out of all his counsel, care, love, and faithfulness in providence and preservation; but also the rich treasure of his promises, covenant, grace, yea, the precious blood of his own Son, in our redemption, is given freely, absolutely, intentionally, and ultimately, for no other thing but the purchase of high praises to God (Eph 1:5-6). He will beautify the meek with salvation. See also Eph 5:25-27. godliness in the heart consists in making God our chief joy and solacing ourselves in him; and our faith in Christ is described by and Saul lost his kingdom for disobeying a command of this nature. They are "predestinated to be conformed to the image of the Son;" and when they awake up in another world, it will be after his likeness, without any remaining blemish, defect, or spot. A congregation of saints is heaven upon earth: should not Jehovah, the Lord of saints, have all the praise that can come from such an assembly? 1), recently vouchsafed to his people, that he was well pleased with them, and might be counted on to support and sustain them. The Old Testament God is in the midst of saints, and because of this we may well long to be among them. And the imagery of a two-edged sword is used to represent the Word of God (compare Hebrews 4:12-13 Hebrews 4:12-13 [12] For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. WebPsalms 149 He preached in the same church as C. H. Spurgeon over one hundred years earlier. Usernames should only contain letters, numbers, dots, dashes, or underscores. When the prodigal returned home to his father's house, contrite, penitent, and reformed, he was not only received with kindness, assured of forgiveness, and welcomed as a son, but he was adorned and beautified (Luke 15:22). They are, in an especial manner, "the meek upon earth." A verification email has been sent to the address you provided. Praise you the LORD.American King James Version) refers to the "punishments" and "vengeance" (verse 7) recorded in God's Word by the prophets. justifies them in it; it is the judgment written. Luke-Acts Selah. Verse 2.Literally the Hebrew here brings forward the mystic doctrine of the Trinity, for it reads, "Let Israel rejoice in God his Makers.". to praise him; but here his saints in a particular manner are required to bless him. "Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hand." Historical Books We must praise God in public, in the solemn assembly (v. 1), in the congregation of Verse 2."Joyful in their King." "Let the saints" be so transported with their joy in God as to "sing aloud upon their beds," when they awake in the night, as David; Psa 119:62. As it respects God, it implies poverty of spirit; humiliation of heart arising from a sense of guilt and a feeling of corruption; submission to God's will; silence and patience under his rod; acquiescence with his dispensations; and a surrender of our own natural desires and inclinations to his overruling appointments. The end of verse 9 declares that the judgment decreed upon the nations, peoples, kings, and nobles is the glory for the faithful. Verse 5.This verse has been fulfilled in solemn crises of saintly life. Nay, we are expressly told that "he rejoiceth over them with joy;" that "he rejoiceth over them to do them good." Verse 2.The duty, reasonableness, and benefit of holy joy. Israel is the nation, Zion is the capital of the kingdom: Israel rejoices in her Maker, Zion in her King. Loving with perseverance. We see that the Christian cannot make such a Psalm directly his own, without disavowing the apostolic warning, "The weapons of our warfare are not carnal" (2Co 10:4). 2. It begins and ends with Praise the The Gospels "He will beautify the meek." God's designs concerning them. Individual instructors or editors may still require the use of URLs. It was used to provoke the Peasant Revolt in Germany in the sixteenth century and to call the Roman Catholics to a holy war against the Protestants, beginning the Thirty Years War in the seventeenth century. Infidels blaspheme, the ungrateful murmur, the thoughtless are silent, the mournful weep, all acting according to their old nature; but new men take up a new mode, which is the divinely inspired song of peace, charity, and joy in the Lord. connected; with the robe of Christ's righteousness, and the Poetical Books We must be joyful in glory, that is, in him every dispensation of Providence; are not easily provoked to Under the illusion that it must be used as a prayer without any spiritual transmutation, Psa 149:1-9 has become the watchword of the most horrible errors. Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year. Praise you the LORD. Psalm 132:16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy. To the many victories which God blessed his people The cause given to God's Israel for praise. --Matthew Henry. Prophets An anxious and fearful people could not sing aloud on their couches of repose. When he sings at his work, he will both do more and do it better than he would without his song. Here begins a beautiful exegesis of the former passage. This name putteth mere morality and formal profession out of countenance, as the sun doth a glow-worm. God had shown by the mercy, whatever it was ( Psalms 149:1 ), recently vouchsafed to his people, that he was well pleased with them, and might be counted on to support and sustain them. Were there no historical evidence of the truth of Christianity, were there no well established miracles, still I should believe that the religion propagated by the fishermen of Galilee is divine. It is JESUS himself I want. This is the meaning of the text, this is the beauty which he has designed for his people, and for which he is now preparing them. Pentateuch Email / username or password was incorrect! The New Testament 19952023 All correspondence and questions should be sent to info@ucg.org. Salem Media Group. Verse 5."The saints in glory" shall rest from their labours, but not from their praises. But the scope and nature of the duty prescribed in the text necessarily comprehends bothas well the high acts for which God is to be praised, as the high praises to be given unto God for those high acts; but especially the latter, namely, the height and excellency of the duty of praise to be performed for those high acts of God. spiritual enemies, in which all believers are more than conquerors. If any ought to be glad it is the children of Zion; rejoicing is more fit for Israel than for any other people: it is their own folly and fault that they are not oftener brimming with joy in God, for the very thought of him is delight. Verse 2."Rejoice in him that made him; let the children of Zion be joyful." The New Testament In which places, and very many more in the Scriptures, it is evident that the Lord, considered in his highest sublimity, is the object of high praise, and that by most special and peculiar appropriation of it unto himself, and none other (Isa 42:8). Here is ratio propositionis, the important reason of the proposed praising of the Lord. "Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King." Hos 7:14. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. Under that arrangement, she served as the earthly contingent of the armies [or hosts] of the King of heaven" (Zondervan NIV Study Bible,introductory note on Psalm 149). WebPsalm 149 1 Praise the Lord. Let Israel be glad in its Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. PrivacyPolicyTerms ofUse. II. New mercies continually demand new songs of praise, upon earth and in heaven. In the western portion of the northern hemisphere, the church has lost much of its clout. Our website uses cookies to store user preferences. Thank you for registering. WebPulpit Commentary Verse 4. GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong of SongsIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation. 4. Psalm 149. Or it may be taken as a further expression of their praise (v. 6): let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and then, in a holy zeal for his honour, let them take a two-edged sword in their hand, to fight his battles against the enemies of his kingdom. Yet at times even saintly conclaves need to be stirred up to thanksgiving; for saints may be sad and apprehensive, and then their spirits require to be raised to a higher key, and stimulated to happier worship. in his precious blood, and adorned with the graces of his spirit: 2. But it looks further, to the kingdom of the Messiah, who, in the chariot of the everlasting gospel, goes forth conquering and to conquer. for behold thy king comes, the king Messiah, whom God has set upon his holy hill of Zion; Cookie Notice: He that is infinitely happy in the enjoyment of himself, and Pauline Epistles Pauline Epistles Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; And out of his mouth goes a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treads the wine press of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. 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