Psalms 149:7
to inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
In Context
6May the high praises of God be in their mouths, and a double-edged sword in their hands,
8to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron,
Cross References
Numbers 31:2“Take vengeance on the Midianites for the Israelites. After that, you will be gathered to your people.”
Judges 5:23‘Curse Meroz,’ says the angel of the LORD. ‘Bitterly curse her inhabitants; for they did not come to help the LORD, to help the LORD against the mighty.’
1 Samuel 15:18and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
Esther 9:22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
Micah 5:14I will root out the Asherah poles from your midst and demolish your cities.
Zechariah 14:17And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them.
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 →