Psalms 149:4
For Yahweh is taking pleasure in his people, He will beautify humbled ones with victory.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
In Context
3Let them praise his Name in the dance, with timbrel and lyre, Let them make music to him.
5Let the men of lovingkindness exult as they glory, Let them shout aloud upon their beds:
Cross References
Psalms 35:27Let them shout in triumph and rejoice, who are desiring my justification; And let them say continually, Yahweh be magnified, Who hath taken pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
Psalms 117:2For his lovingkindness, hath prevailed over us, and, the faithfulness of Yahweh, is to times age-abiding. Praise ye Yah!
Psalms 147:11Yahweh, hath pleasure, in them who revere him, in them who wait for his lovingkindness.
Song of Solomon 1:11[THEY] Rows of golden ornaments, will we make thee, with studs of silver.
Isaiah 61:10I will, greatly rejoice, in Yahweh, My soul shall exult in my God, For he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, With a robe of righteousness, hath he enwrapt me,—As a bridegroom, adorneth himself with, a chaplet, And as a bride, bedecketh herself with, her jewels.
Jeremiah 32:41And I will rejoice over them, to do them good,—And will plant them in this land in truth, with all my heart and with all my soul.
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 →