Psalms 149
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
4For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
5Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;
7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
9To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- הָלַלhâlalH19843× in this chapter
to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make ashow, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causatively, to celebrate; also to stultify
- חָסִידchâçîydH26233× in this chapter
properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)
- עָשָׂהʻâsâhH62133× in this chapter
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- יָהּYâhhH30502× in this chapter
Jah, the sacred name
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30682× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44282× in this chapter
a king
- בַּלbalH10771× in this chapter
properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest
- בֵּןbênH11211× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- בַּרְזֶלbarzelH12701× in this chapter
iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
- גּוֹיgôwyH14711× in this chapter
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- גִּילgîylH15231× in this chapter
properly, to spin round (under the influence of any violent emotion), i.e. usually rejoice, or (as cringing) fear
- גָּרוֹןgârôwnH16271× in this chapter
the throat (as roughened by swallowing)
- הָדָרhâdârH19261× in this chapter
magnificence, i.e. ornament or splendor
- הוּאhûwʼH19311× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- זִיקָהzîyqâhH21311× in this chapter
properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
- זָמַרzâmarH21671× in this chapter
play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music
- חָדָשׁchâdâshH23191× in this chapter
new
- חֶרֶבcherebH27191× in this chapter
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
- יָדyâdH30271× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יְשׁוּעָהyᵉshûwʻâhH34441× in this chapter
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34781× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כָּבַדkâbadH35131× in this chapter
to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorable; causatively, to make weighty (in the same two senses)
- כָּבוֹדkâbôwdH35191× in this chapter
properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness
- כֶּבֶלkebelH35251× in this chapter
a fetter
- כִּיkîyH35881× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- כֹּלkôlH36051× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- כִּנּוֹרkinnôwrH36581× in this chapter
a harp
- כָּתַבkâthabH37891× in this chapter
to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
- אֵלʼêlH4101× in this chapter
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
- מָחוֹלmâchôwlH42341× in this chapter
a (round) dance
- מִשְׁכָּבmishkâbH49041× in this chapter
a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭH49411× in this chapter
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
- אֻמַּהʼummahH5231× in this chapter
a collection, i.e. community of persons
- נְקָמָהnᵉqâmâhH53601× in this chapter
avengement, whether the act of the passion
- עַלʻalH59211× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- עָלַזʻâlazH59371× in this chapter
to jump for joy, i.e. exult
- עַםʻamH59711× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- עָנָוʻânâvH60351× in this chapter
depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
- פָּאַרpâʼarH62861× in this chapter
to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; to shake a tree
- אָסַרʼâçarH6311× in this chapter
to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle