Psalms 149:3
Let them praise his name in the dance: with the timbrel and harp let them sing praises unto him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
In Context
2Let Israel rejoice in his Maker: let the children of Zion exult in their King.
4For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people; he will adorn the meek with salvation.
Cross References
Judges 11:34And Yiphthach came to Mizpah unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his sole child; he had beside her neither son nor daughter.
2 Samuel 6:16And it happened, as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.
1 Chronicles 16:42And with them, with Heman and Jeduthun, the trumpets and cymbals to play aloud, and the musical instruments of God; and the sons of Jeduthun to be for the service at the gate.
2 Chronicles 20:28And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and with harps and with trumpets unto the house of the Lord.
Ezra 3:10And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they placed the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Assaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the manner of David the king of Israel.
Psalms 33:2Give thanks unto the Lord with the harp: with the ten-stringed psaltery do ye sing [praises] unto him.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 149:2-6
Saints Admonished to Praise God. 1 Praise ye the Lord . Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. 2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. 3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. 4 For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. 5 Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. We have here, I. The calls given… Read the whole commentary →