Psalms 149:7
To give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
In Context
6Let the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a two-edged sword in their hands;
8To put their kings in chains, and their rulers in bands of iron;
Cross References
Numbers 31:2Give the Midianites punishment for the wrong they did to the children of Israel: and after that you will go to rest with your people.
Judges 5:23A curse, a curse on Meroz! said the angel of the Lord. A bitter curse on her townspeople! Because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the strong ones.
1 Samuel 15:18And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.
Esther 9:22As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.
Micah 5:14\5:15\And my punishment will be effected on the nations with such burning wrath as they have not had word of.
Zechariah 14:17And it will be that if any one of all the families of the earth does not go up to Jerusalem to give worship to the King, the Lord of armies, on them there will be no rain.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 149:7-9
Israel Admonished to Praise God. 6 Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand; 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; 8 To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron; 9 To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord . 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… Read the whole commentary →