Psalms 149:7
To execute vengeance on the nations, and chastisements on the people:
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
In Context
6The exalted praises of God are in their mouth, and a two-edged sword is in their hand;
8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron:
Cross References
Numbers 31:2Execute the vengeance of the children of Israel on the Midianites, after which thou shalt be gathered unto thy people.
Judges 5:23Curse ye Meroz, saith the messenger of the Lord, yea, curse ye bitterly its inhabitants; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord among the mighty.
1 Samuel 15:18And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and destroy the sinners, the 'Amalekites, and thou shalt fight against them until they be consumed.
Esther 9:22Like those days whereon the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was changed unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a feast-day: to make them days of entertainment and joy, and of sending portions one to the other, and gifts to the needy.
Micah 5:14(5:13) And I will pluck up thy groves out of the midst of thee; and I will destroy thy enemies.
Zechariah 14:17And it shall happen, that whoso will not come up out of the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to bow down before the King, the Lord of hosts,—even upon these there shall 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 →