Psalms 149:7
To execute vengeance on the nations, 1 And punishments among the peoples; 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
In Context
6The high praises of God shall be in their throat, 1 And two-edged swords in their hands; 1
8To bind their kings with fetters, 1 And their nobles with manacles of iron; 1
Cross References
Numbers 31:2Avenge the wrongs of the children of Israel on the Midianites, and afterward thou shalt be added to thy people.
Judges 5:23To curse Meroz: Curse ye it, said the angel of the Lord; 1 Cursed is everyone that dwells in it, 1 Because they came not to the help of the Lord, 1 To his help among the mighty. 1
1 Samuel 15:18And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said to thee, Go, and utterly destroy: thou shalt slay the sinners against me, even the Amalekites; and thou shalt war against them until thou have consumed them.
Micah 5:14And I will execute vengeance on the heathen in anger and wrath, because they hearkened not.
Zechariah 14:17And it shall come to pass, that whosoever of all the families of the earth shall not come up to Jerusalem to worship the king, the Lord Almighty, even these shall be added to the others.
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 →