Psalms 149:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron - just as Joseph, when exalted from a dungeon to be lord of Egypt, next to the monarch Pharaoh, could 'bind at his pleasure' those who had formerly bound him (Psalms 105:22); so the saints reigning next to Christ the King, shall rule those who once bare rule over them, (Psalms 2:1-12). Isaiah 60:11, shows that the earthly Jerusalem and Israel shall bear the moral supremacy over the Gentile nations (Isaiah 45:14). Compare the type, Joshua 10:23-24. The final and heavenly Jerusalem shall be the city into which the "kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour" (Revelation 21:24).

Psalms 149:8

8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;