Psalms 149:1

Praise ye the Lord The liturgical Hallelujah. See on Psalms 104:35.

Sing untoJehovah a new song In acknowledgment of new mercies. Cp. Psalms 33:3; Psalms 96:1, note.

his praise in theassembly of the beloved] Cp. Psalms 22:22; Psalms 22:25; Psalms 107:32. The P.B.V., let the congregation of saints praise him, follows the LXX (Vulg.) and Jer. in adopting a possible but less probable construction, lit. let his praise be&c. The title the belovedor godly(see Appendix, Note I.) is used at the beginning, middle and end of this Psalm to denote Israel, which had had fresh experience of Jehovah's lovingkindness. Cp. Psalms 145:10; Psalms 147:14.