Psalms 149:3
Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
Majority Standard Bible
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 their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King.
4For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.
Cross References
Judges 11:34And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
2 Samuel 6:16As the ark of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David leaping and dancing before the LORD, and she despised him in her heart.
1 Chronicles 16:42Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.
2 Chronicles 20:28So they entered Jerusalem and went into the house of the LORD with harps, lyres, and trumpets.
Ezra 3:10When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise the LORD, as David king of Israel had prescribed.
Psalms 33:2Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
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 →