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Psalms 149:1
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Praise to God for His Salvation and Judgment

1 Praise1 the Lord!
aSing to the Lord a new song,
And His praise in the assembly of saints. 
2 Let Israel rejoice in their Maker;
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their aKing. 
3 aLet them praise His name with the dance;
Let them sing praises to Him with the timbrel and harp. 
4 For athe Lord takes pleasure in His people;
bHe will beautify the1 humble with salvation. 
5 Let the saints be joyful in glory;
Let them asing aloud on their beds. 
6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth,
And aa two-edged sword in their hand, 
7 To execute vengeance on the nations,
And punishments on the peoples;
Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
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Psalms 149:1

Sing unto the Lord a new song - That is, as we have often had occasion to remark, an excellent song, the best we can possibly pronounce. So the word chadash is often understood; and so the word novus, "new," was often used among the Latin writers: -

Pollio amat nostram, quamvis sit rustica, musam.

Pollio et ipse facit .

Nova Carmina Virg. Ecl. iii., ver. 84.

Pollio loves my lines, although rude:

Pollio himself makes excellent odes.

Tamely and inexpressively translated by Dryden: -

"Pollio my rural verse vouchsafes to read.

My Pollio writes himself."

O what a falling off is here!

Servius, in his comment on nova , says, magna, Miranda . Nova means great, admirable.

So on novum nectar , Ecl. v., ver. 71, he says, id est, magna dulcedo ; "nectar of Excellent flavor."

Congregation of saints - The Israelites, who were, by profession and by injunction, a holy people.


 
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