PSALM 149 THE ARGUMENT The scope and design of this Psalm is to stir up and encourage God's people to praise him; either,
1. For their deliverance out of Babylon, and the promises which God had given them of the perfection of that work, and of the enlargement of their power and dominion in the world; or rather,
2. For the establishment of the kingdom of Israel in David's hands, and for that safety, and glory, and victory over their enemies which they expected by that means. But withal, the psalmist, or the Spirit of God, which dictated this Psalm to him, had a further prospect, even to the Messiah, of whom David was a type, and who was to succeed David in the throne, and to bring that kingdom to its highest perfection. And so divers of the Jewish doctors understand this Psalm. An exhortation to praise God for his love to his people, Psalms 149:1-4 and for enabling them by his power to overcome their enemies, Psalms 149:5-9. A new song, for these new mercies conferred upon us, denied to former times.