Psalms 149:4

taketh pleasure. Compare Isaiah 54:7; Isaiah 54:8.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 149:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people - Let them rejoice on this account. He loves them; he approves their conduct; he bestows his favors up...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

CXLIX. A Song of Triumph and Messianic Expectation. Obviously this Ps. depicts a stage in the Maccabean war. It is addressed to the assembly of the...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

4. For God hath taken pleasure in his people. We have spoken elsewhere of the verb רצה, ratsah here it means free favor, the Psalmist...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 751 THE DUTY OF PRAISING GOD FOR HIS GOODNESS Psalms 149:4-6 . The Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. The Lord taketh pleasure in his people - The pleasure or good w...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He will beautify the meek— i.e. "Will deliver those who meekly depend upon him, and will make them as great and illustrious, as they had been conte...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people - ( Psalms 1...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A song of praise to God who gives the victory, including vengeance on the enemies of Israel.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Salvation] RM 'victory.'
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He will beautify the meek... — Rather, He adorns the oppressed with salvation. Not only is the victory which achieves the deliverance of the affl...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 149:1-9 IN the preceding psalm Israel's restoration was connected with the recognition by all creatures and especially by the kings of the...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Praise-Songs of God's People Psalms 149:1-9 ; Psalms 150:1-6 Israel was formed into a nation and delivered from Babylon, that her singers...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

As the last song ended by the recognition of the place of the saints in expressing the universal praise of Jehovah, this one enlarges the thought by...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Sweet thought! may we not, while reading it, take up Solomon's humble inquiry, But will God indeed dwell on earth? 1 Kings 8:27 .
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people ,.... Not all mankind; though they are all his people by creation, and are under the care of his providen...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Ver. 4. For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people ] Psalms...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord taketh pleasure in his people He loveth them above all people, and rejoiceth over them to do them good. He will beautify the meek The hu...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Saints Admonished to Praise God. 1 Praise ye the L ORD . Sing unto th...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Taketh pleasure in his people; he loveth them above all people, and rejoiceth over them to do them good. He will beautify, Heb. adorn or glori...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION This Psalm, like the others of the series of which it forms a part, bears evident traces both in style and language, and in the feeling...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

The whole Book of Psalms is full of praise, but the praise culminates at the close. There are five «Hallelujah Psalms» at the end of the Book; they a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 149:1 . Praise ye the Lord. This is a Hallelujah Psalm; it begins with, «Praise ye the Lord,» and finishes in the same way. It is a comple...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This is a grand ode of thanksgiving after victory; it is applied by the rabbi Kimchi to the days of the Messiah. The pious Hebrews always hang by the...
The Biblical Illustrator

Sing unto the Lord a new song. The song of the saints 1. The elect, regenerate, or true believers have a song of their own for mercies proper t...
The Biblical Illustrator

For the Lord taketh pleasure in His people. The objects of the Divine delight I. The people refereed to. 1. They bear the Lord’s name. They...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION A "Hallelujah Psalm," combining the praise of God for mercies already received with anticipations of future vengeance, through God's...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Hallelujah to the God of Victory. A song of praise exhorting particularly the chosen people, the true believers, to praise God for favors of the p...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For the Lord taketh pleasure in His people, accepting their offerings and thereby declaring Himself well pleased with them; He will beautify the mee...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 3:4 ; 1 Peter 5:5 ; Hebrews 12:10 ; Isaiah 61:10 ; Isaiah 61:1-3 ; Isaiah 62:4 ; Isaiah 62:5 ; Jeremiah 32:41 ; Proverbs 11:20 ; Ps...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Lord — He rejoiceth over them to do them good. Beautify — Heb. adorn, make them amiable and honourable in the eyes of the world, who now hate a...

⁴ For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 149:4

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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