Psalm 149:1-6

Sing to the Lord a New Song

1 u Praise the Lord!
Sing to the Lord v a new song,
his praise in w the assembly of the godly!
 2 Let Israel x be glad in y his Maker;
let the children of Zion rejoice in their z King!
 3 Let them praise his name with a dancing,
making melody to him with b tambourine and c lyre!
 4 For the Lord d takes pleasure in his people;
he e adorns the humble with salvation.
 5 Let the godly exult in glory;
let them f sing for joy on their g beds.
 6 Let h the high praises of God be in their throats
and i two-edged swords in their hands,

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 148:14
    He has raised up a horn for his people, praise for all his saints, for the people of Israel who are near to him. Praise the Lord!
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 33:3
    Sing to him a new song; play skillfully on the strings, with loud shouts.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 89:5
    Let the heavens praise your wonders, O Lord, your faithfulness in the assembly of the holy ones!
    Psalms 89:7
    A God greatly to be feared in the council of the holy ones, and awesome above all who are around him?
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 85:6
    Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?
  5. Cross References
    Psalms 95:6
    Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the Lord, our Maker!
    Job 35:10
    But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night.
  6. Cross References
    1 Samuel 12:12
    And when you saw that Nahash the king of the Ammonites came against you, you said to me, 'No, but a king shall reign over us,' when the Lord your God was your king.
    Zechariah 9:9
    Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 150:4
    Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
    Psalms 30:11
    You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; you have loosed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness.
  8. Cross References
    Psalms 150:4
    Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
    Exodus 15:20
    Then Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and dancing.
  9. Cross References
    Psalms 150:3
    Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp!
  10. Cross References
    Psalms 35:27
    Let those who delight in my righteousness shout for joy and be glad and say evermore, "Great is the Lord, who delights in the welfare of his servant!
    Psalms 147:11
    But the Lord takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 61:3
    To grant to those who mourn in Zion - to give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes, the oil of gladness instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit; that they may be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he may be glorified.
  12. Cross References
    Job 35:10
    But none says, 'Where is God my Maker, who gives songs in the night.
  13. Cross References
    Psalms 4:4
    Be angry, and do not sin; ponder in your own hearts on your beds, and be silent. Selah
    Psalms 63:6
    When I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night.
    Hosea 7:14
    They do not cry to me from the heart, but they wail upon their beds; for grain and wine they gash themselves; they rebel against me.
  14. Cross References
    Psalms 66:17
    I cried to him with my mouth, and high praise was on my tongue.
  15. Cross References
    Hebrews 4:12
    For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
    Revelation 1:16
    In his right hand he held seven stars, from his mouth came a sharp two-edged sword, and his face was like the sun shining in full strength.
    Revelation 2:12
    And to the angel of the church in Pergamum write: 'The words of him who has the sharp two-edged sword.
    Proverbs 5:4
    But in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword.
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