Psalms 149:7

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
execute	לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת la.'a.Sot	H6213	to do or make · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
vengeance	נְ֭קָמָה Ne.ka.mah	H5360	avengement · noun, common feminine singular absolute
heathen	בַּגּוֹיִ֑ם ba.go.Yim	H1471	a foreign nation · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
punishments	תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗ת to.khe.Chot	H8433	chastisement · noun, common feminine plural absolute
people	לְאֹם lᵉʼôm	H3816	a community

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Cross-references

Zechariah 14:17-19 And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even up…
1 Samuel 15:2-3 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
Revelation 19:11-21 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge…
Numbers 31:2-3 Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people.
Judges 5:23 Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the LORD, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the LORD, to the…
1 Samuel 15:18-23 And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consu…
Psalms 137:8-9 O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Zechariah 9:13-16 When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 149:6–end

The Israel of God are here represented triumphing over their enemies, which is both the matter of their praise (let them give to God the glory of those triumphs) and the recompence of their praise; those that are truly thankful to God for their tranquillity shall be blessed with victory. Or it may be taken as a further expression of their praise (Psa 149:6): let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and then, in a holy zeal for his honour, let them take a two-edged sword in their hand, to fight his battles against the enemies of his kingdom. Now this may be applied, 1. To the many victories which God blessed his people Israel with over the nations of Canaan and other nations that were d…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 149:7

The destruction of the incorrigibly wicked attends the propagation of God's truth, so that the military successes of the Jews, after the captivity, typified the triumphs of the Gospel.

John Gill on Psalms 149:7

To execute vengeance upon the Heathen,.... Either upon the Gentile world, in the first times of the Gospel; when the apostles, going there with the twoedged sword of the word, vehemently inveighed against the idolatry of the Heathens, and exhorted them to turn from their idols to serve the living God; and divine power going along with their ministry, multitudes were turned from them; through the success of the Gospel, the oracles of the Heathen were struck dumb, their priests were despised, their idol temples were forsaken, and idols rejected; now were the judgment of the Heathen world, and the prince of it, cast out, and vengeance in this way taken upon it, or their disobedience to God reve…

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John Calvin on Psalms 149:5–end

Psalm 149:5-9 5. The merciful shall rejoice in glory; they shall shout for joy upon their couches. [303] 6. The high praises of God are in their throat [304] and a two-edged sword is in their hand: 7. To execute vengeance upon the nations, castigations upon the peoples: 8. To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with iron fetters: 9. To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor is to all his merciful ones. Hallelujah. 5. They shall rejoice. In making mention here of joy, jubilee, and the high praises of God, he shows still more clearly from the effects which it would produce, that he does not speak of a common benefit of God; for had not the deliverance of the people bee…

The Church Fathers

To execute, he says, vengeance upon the nations. Oh, if only I too might have that two-edged sword, that I might execute vengeance upon the nations, that I might slay the various peoples, that I might slay Arius, that I might slay Eunomius, that I might slay Manichaeus, that I might slay all the heresies! And see what he says, To execute vengeance upon the nations. That they may be killed? that they may perish? He does not say this. Rebukes among the peoples. Rebuke, that the peoples may be saved, that those who have been led astray by evil teachers may be saved. But the peoples cannot be set free unless the teachers have been bound. Whence it follows:
— Jerome, Homily 59, on Psalm 149

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Dictionary and topics

Heathen, The · The Church shall be avenged of — The Church shall be avenged of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 149:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 149:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 149:7

John Gill on Psalms 149:7

John Calvin on Psalms 149:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 149:7

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 149:6–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 149:7

John Gill on Psalms 149:7

John Calvin on Psalms 149:5–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 149:6-9

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 149:7