George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Psalms 149:3
Choir. A musical instrument, though it imply also a dance, &c.
Choir. A musical instrument, though it imply also a dance, &c.
Verse Psalms 149:3. _LET THEM PRAISE HIS NAME IN THE DANCE_] במחול _bemachol,_ _with the pipe_, or some kind of _wind music_, classed here with תף _toph_, the _tabor_ or _drum_, and כנור _kinnor_, th...
LET THEM PRAISE HIS NAME IN THE DANCE - Margin, with the pipe. The Hebrew word here - מחול _mâchôl_ - is rendered dancing in Psalms 30:11; dance, as here, Psalms 150:4 (where also the margin has pip...
PSALM 144-150 THE HALLELUJAH CHORUS The five Psalms with which this marvellous book closeth are all Psalms of praise. The word “praise” is found in the Hebrew thirty-seven times. Each one of these Ps...
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 saints, the Hasidim of Psalms 4:3. The heroes whom t...
In the Hebrew this verse is an _Introversion_: them praise His name. the dance. the _drum_ and harp. them sing praises unto Him. NAME. See note on Psalms 20:1. TIMBREL. drum. See note on Exodus 15:2...
_in the dance_ This, and not _pipe_(A.V. marg.), is the right rendering here and in Psalms 150:4. Dancing was a natural expression of joy among the Jews as among other nations of antiquity, in all per...
LET THEM PRAISE HIS NAME IN THE DANCE— In order to vindicate the Scriptures of the Old Testament from the charge of encouraging or even tolerating the dances which are practised in modern times, and w...
PSALMS 149 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A New Song for Israel, which Others may Not Sing. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 149:1-3, A Well-Defined People Addressed. Stanza II., Psalms 149:4-6, A Well-Defined Time
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. LET THEM PRAISE HIS NAME IN THE DANCE. So the Septuagint, Chaldaic, Arabic, Vulgate, Ethiopic. Gejer...
A song of praise to God who gives the victory, including vengeance on the enemies of Israel....
Psalms 107:150 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ HIS PEOPLE PSALMS 149 THE 4TH *HALLELUJAH PSALM Jesus said (to his 12 *disciples), "When the Son of man will sit as king on his *throne, you will
IN THE DANCE. — Rather, as margin, _with the pipe._ The use of the word _machôl_ in what was evidently a list of all the orchestral instruments used in the Temple in the next psalm, would alone be alm...
יְהַֽלְל֣וּ שְׁמֹ֣ו בְ מָחֹ֑ול בְּ תֹ֥ף וְ֝
Psalms 149:1 IN the preceding psalm Israel's restoration was connected with the recognition by all creatures and especially by the kings of the earth and their people, of Jehovah's glory. This psalm p...
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 should lead the praises of mankind, and her teachers provi...
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 confining itself wholly to the anthem of saints. “H...
I beg to call the reader's attention to a proper idea on the subject of dancing, from what is here said of it, and to observe, that even from hence, if there were no other passages in the word of God...
Psalms 149 calls upon Israel to praise. The creation and Israel we have seen all through to be co-ordinate (the new creation and the assembly), and to form the sphere of the Psalms. Still it is now in...
LET THEM PRAISE HIS NAME IN THE DANCE,.... In a chorus of saints, joining together in their expressions of joy, by words and gestures; an ancient practice that went along with singing praises, Exodus...
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. Ver. 3. _Let them praise his name in the dance_] Or, with the pipe, _tibiis et tympanis et omni musice...
_Sing unto the Lord a new song_ For these new mercies conferred upon us, denied to former times. _Let Israel rejoice in him that made him_ That made them not only his creatures, but, which is unspeaka...
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 past, as well as for future victories, which His promi...
Let them praise His name in the dance, in ecstatic marching and rhythmic leaping, as we read of Miriam and of David, Exodus 15:20; 2 Samuel 6:14; LET THEM SING PRAISES UNTO HIM WITH THE TIMBREL, a sma...
IN THE DANCE: Or, with the pipe...
1-5 New mercies continually demand new songs of praise, upon earth and in heaven. And the children of Zion have not only to bless the God who made them, but to rejoice in him, as having created them...
According to the usage of that time and dispensation....
Psalms 149:3 praise H1984 (H8762) name H8034 dance H4234 praises H2167 (H8762) timbrel H8596 harp H3658...
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 complete circle of praise. The long streams of the Psalms e...
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 are so named because they both begin and conclude wi...
CONTENTS: Triumph in the God of Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: Our praises of God should flow from a heart filled with delight and triumph in His attributes and our relation to Him. KEY WORD:...
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 anchor of their hope. Psalms 149:3. _Praise his na...
_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 to them, beside the praise which they have to give for...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 149:1. This psalm calls on God’s people to praise the Lord for their special privileges. ⇐...
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 feelings which it expresses, of belonging to the post-exile...
EXPOSITION A "Hallelujah Psalm," combining the praise of God for mercies already received with anticipations of future vengeance, through God's help, on heathen enemies that are still bent on persecut...
Praise the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of the saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them pr...
1 Chronicles 15:28; 1 Chronicles 15:29; 1 Chronicles 16:42; 1 Chronicles 25:6;...