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Psalms 149
Praise here has hands. It opens with a "new song," dance, tambourine, and harp, and with God taking pleasure in his people and crowning the humble. Then verse 6 turns: the high praises of God in their mouths, a two-edged sword in their hand. What follows is startling for a praise psalm — vengeance on nations, kings bound with chains, nobles in iron fetters, "the written judgment" carried out. Read for how worship and warfare are bound together.
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Praise the LORD! Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints.
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Let Israel rejoice in him who made them. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
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Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
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For the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.
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Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy on their beds.
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May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hand,
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to execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;
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to bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
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to execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor. Praise the LORD!
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Louvem ao SENHOR! Cantem ao SENHOR um cântico novo, o seu louvor na congregação dos santos.
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Alegre-se Israel naquele que o fez. Exultem os filhos de Sião no seu Rei.
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Louvem o seu nome com danças! Cantem-lhe louvores com tamborim e harpa!
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Pois o SENHOR se agrada do seu povo. Ele coroa os humildes com a salvação.
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Exultem os santos em honra. Cantem de alegria em seus leitos.
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Estejam os altos louvores de Deus em suas bocas, e uma espada de dois gumes em sua mão,
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para executar vingança sobre as nações, e castigos sobre os povos;
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para prender os seus reis com correntes, e os seus nobres com grilhões de ferro;
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para executar contra eles o juízo escrito. Todos os seus santos têm esta honra. Louvem ao SENHOR!
The hinge at verse 6
The psalm splits cleanly. The first half is joy — singing on their beds, the humble crowned with salvation (vv.1-5). The second half is execution: chains, fetters, judgment on the peoples (vv.6-9). The "two-edged sword" sits exactly on the seam, sword in one hand and praise in the mouth.
This is the only one of the closing Hallelujah psalms to arm the worshippers. Set between the cosmic choir of 148 and the pure doxology of 150, it insists that God's reign over the nations is part of what his people celebrate.
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