1 Praise the LORD .1 149:1 Hebrew Hallelu Yah ; also in verse 6 |
2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
let the people of Zion be glad in their King. |
3 Let them praise his name with dancing
and make music to him with tambourine and harp. |
4 For the LORD takes delight in his people;
he crowns the humble with salvation. |
5 Let the saints rejoice in this honor
and sing for joy on their beds. |
6 May the praise of God be in their mouths
and a double-edged sword in their hands, |
7 to inflict vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peoples, |
8 to bind their kings with fetters,
their nobles with shackles of iron, |
9 to carry out the sentence written against them.
This is the glory of all his saints. |