1Praise the LORD. Sing a new song to the LORD. Sing praise to him in the assembly of his faithful people.2Let Israel be filled with joy because God is their Maker. Let the people of Zion be glad because he is their King.3Let them praise his name with dancing. Let them make music to him with harps and tambourines.4The LORD takes delight in his people. He awards with victory those who are humble.5Let his faithful people be filled with joy because of that honour. Let them sing for joy even when they are lying in bed.6May they praise God with their mouths. May they hold in their hands a sword that has two edges.7Let them pay the nations back. Let them punish the people of the earth.8Let them put the kings of those nations in chains. Let them put their nobles in iron chains.9Let them carry out God’s sentence against those nations. This will bring glory to all his faithful people. Praise the LORD.
Psalm 149
English Standard Version
Sing to the Lord a New Song
1Praise the Lord! Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the godly! (Ps 33:3; Ps 89:5; Ps 89:7; Ps 148:14)2Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King! (1Sa 12:12; Job 35:10; Ps 85:6; Ps 95:6; Zec 9:9)3Let them praise his name with dancing, making melody to him with tambourine and lyre! (Ex 15:20; Ps 30:11; Ps 150:3; Ps 150:4)4For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation. (Ps 35:27; Ps 147:11; Isa 61:3)5Let the godly exult in glory; let them sing for joy on their beds. (Job 35:10; Ps 4:4; Ps 63:6; Ho 7:14)6Let the high praises of God be in their throats and two-edged swords in their hands, (Ps 66:17; Pr 5:4; Heb 4:12; Re 1:16; Re 2:12)7to execute vengeance on the nations and punishments on the peoples,8to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with fetters of iron, (Job 36:8)9to execute on them the judgment written! This is honor for all his godly ones. Praise the Lord! (Job 13:26; Ps 148:14; Isa 65:6)