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he crowns the humble with victory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/149.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD delights in his people; he crowns the humble with victory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/149.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/149.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/149.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/149.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/149.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will glorify the lowly with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/149.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/149.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/149.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the afflicted ones with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/149.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He will beautify the humble with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/149.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/149.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For Yahweh takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the humble with salvation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/149.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/149.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD is pleased with his people, and he gives victory to those who are humble. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/149.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/149.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />because the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns those who are oppressed with victory.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/149.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD takes pleasure in his people; he honors the humble with victory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/149.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD is pleased with his people; he beautifies the afflicted with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/149.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD takes delight in his people; he exalts the oppressed by delivering them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/149.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/149.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/149.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/149.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/149.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For YHWH is pleased with His people, "" He beautifies the humble with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/149.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For Jehovah is pleased with His people, He beautifieth the humble with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/149.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For Jehovah delighted in his people: he will adorn the humble in salvation.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/149.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For the Lord is well pleased with his people: and he will exalt the meek unto salvation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/149.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />For the Lord is well pleased with his people, and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/149.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD takes delight in his people, honors the poor with victory. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/149.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he adorns the humble with victory.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/149.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For the LORD takes pleasure in his people; he has given salvation to the poor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/149.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because LORD JEHOVAH is pleased with his people and he gives salvation to the poor.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/149.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people; He adorneth the humble with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/149.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; and will exalt the meek with salvation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/149-4.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=18368" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/149.htm">Sing to the LORD a New Song</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">3</span>Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp. <span class="reftext">4</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/7521.htm" title="7521: rō·w·ṣeh (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- To be pleased with, accept favorably. A primitive root; to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt.">takes pleasure</a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: bə·‘am·mōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">in His people;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6286.htm" title="6286: yə·p̄ā·’êr (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to gleam, i.e. embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain oneself; denominative from p'orah, to shake a tree.">He adorns</a> <a href="/hebrew/6035.htm" title="6035: ‘ă·nā·wîm (Adj-mp) -- Poor, afflicted, humble, meek. Or Aanayv; from anah; depressed, in mind or circumstances.">the afflicted</a> <a href="/hebrew/3444.htm" title="3444: bî·šū·‘āh (Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Salvation. Feminine passive participle of yasha'; something saved, i.e. deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity.">with salvation.</a> </span><span class="reftext">5</span>Let the saints exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm">Isaiah 61:3</a></span><br />to console the mourners in Zion—to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that He may be glorified.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-17.htm">Zephaniah 3:17</a></span><br />The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/62-5.htm">Isaiah 62:5</a></span><br />For as a young man marries a young woman, so your sons will marry you; and as a bridegroom rejoices over his bride, so your God will rejoice over you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/43-4.htm">Isaiah 43:4</a></span><br />Because you are precious and honored in My sight, and because I love you, I will give men in exchange for you and nations in place of your life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/30-9.htm">Deuteronomy 30:9</a></span><br />So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-10.htm">Isaiah 41:10</a></span><br />Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/44-23.htm">Isaiah 44:23</a></span><br />Sing for joy, O heavens, for the LORD has done this; shout aloud, O depths of the earth. Break forth in song, O mountains, you forests and all your trees. For the LORD has redeemed Jacob, and revealed His glory in Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-13.htm">Isaiah 49:13</a></span><br />Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/51-3.htm">Isaiah 51:3</a></span><br />For the LORD will comfort Zion and will look with compassion on all her ruins; He will make her wilderness like Eden and her desert like the garden of the LORD. Joy and gladness will be found in her, thanksgiving and melodious song.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/52-9.htm">Isaiah 52:9</a></span><br />Break forth in joy, sing together, O ruins of Jerusalem, for the LORD has comforted His people; He has redeemed Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/60-10.htm">Isaiah 60:10</a></span><br />Foreigners will rebuild your walls, and their kings will serve you. Although I struck you in anger, yet in favor I will show you mercy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-19.htm">Isaiah 65:19</a></span><br />I will rejoice in Jerusalem and take delight in My people. The sounds of weeping and crying will no longer be heard in her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/1-46.htm">Luke 1:46-47</a></span><br />Then Mary said: “My soul magnifies the Lord, / and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/2-14.htm">Luke 2:14</a></span><br />“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men on whom His favor rests!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-11.htm">John 15:11</a></span><br />I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For the LORD takes pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.</p><p class="hdg">taketh pleasure</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/22-8.htm">Psalm 22:8</a></b></br> He trusted on the LORD <i>that</i> he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/35-27.htm">Psalm 35:27</a></b></br> Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/117-2.htm">Psalm 117:2</a></b></br> For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD <i>endureth</i> for ever. Praise ye the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">beautify</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/90-17.htm">Psalm 90:17</a></b></br> And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/132-16.htm">Psalm 132:16</a></b></br> I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/61-1.htm">Isaiah 61:1-3,10</a></b></br> The Spirit of the Lord GOD <i>is</i> upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to <i>them that are</i> bound; … </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Adorneth</a> <a href="/psalms/93-5.htm">Adorns</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/ezra/7-27.htm">Beautify</a> <a href="/psalms/142-7.htm">Crown</a> <a href="/psalms/103-4.htm">Crowns</a> <a href="/psalms/147-10.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/psalms/147-16.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Meek</a> <a href="/psalms/149-1.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/psalms/147-11.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/psalms/147-11.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/psalms/146-3.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/psalms/147-6.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/psalms/144-10.htm">Victory</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Adorneth</a> <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Adorns</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-34.htm">Afflicted</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-3.htm">Beautify</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-9.htm">Crown</a> <a href="/proverbs/11-26.htm">Crowns</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-22.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-33.htm">Gives</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-34.htm">Humble</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-19.htm">Meek</a> <a href="/psalms/149-5.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/proverbs/3-12.htm">Pleased</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-14.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/proverbs/10-4.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-7.htm">Salvation</a> <a href="/proverbs/1-23.htm">Spirit</a> <a href="/proverbs/2-7.htm">Victory</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 149</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/149-1.htm">The prophet exhorts to praise God for his love to the church</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/149-5.htm">And for that power which he has given to the church</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/149.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/149.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For the LORD takes pleasure in His people;</b><br>This phrase emphasizes God's delight in His chosen people, Israel, and by extension, all who are in covenant with Him. The concept of God taking pleasure in His people is rooted in the covenant relationship established with Abraham (<a href="/genesis/12.htm">Genesis 12:1-3</a>) and reaffirmed through Moses (<a href="/exodus/19-5.htm">Exodus 19:5-6</a>). This pleasure is not based on human merit but on God's sovereign choice and love (<a href="/deuteronomy/7-7.htm">Deuteronomy 7:7-8</a>). The idea of divine pleasure is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are described as God's treasured possession (<a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a>). This pleasure is also seen in the joy of the Father over the return of the prodigal son (<a href="/luke/15-11.htm">Luke 15:11-32</a>), illustrating God's heart for His people.<p><b>He adorns the afflicted with salvation.</b><br>The term "adorns" suggests a transformation from a state of suffering to one of honor and beauty. In the historical context, the afflicted often referred to those who were oppressed or marginalized within society. God's salvation is not merely spiritual but encompasses deliverance from physical and social afflictions. This is seen in the Exodus narrative, where God delivers Israel from slavery in Egypt (Exodus 14). The adornment with salvation can also be seen as a type of Christ, who brings ultimate salvation and adorns believers with righteousness (<a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a>, <a href="/2_corinthians/5-21.htm">2 Corinthians 5:21</a>). The afflicted receiving salvation points to the Beatitudes, where Jesus blesses the poor in spirit and those who mourn (<a href="/matthew/5-3.htm">Matthew 5:3-4</a>), promising them the kingdom of heaven and comfort.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His eternal, self-existent nature and His relationship with His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/his_people.htm">His People (Israel)</a></b><br>Refers to the nation of Israel, God's chosen people, but by extension, it can also apply to all who are in covenant with God through faith.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_afflicted.htm">The Afflicted (Anavim)</a></b><br>Those who are humble, meek, or oppressed. The Hebrew word "anavim" suggests a state of humility or lowliness, often due to external circumstances.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/salvation.htm">Salvation (Yeshuah)</a></b><br>The Hebrew word "yeshuah" means deliverance or victory, indicating God's intervention to rescue and restore His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_delight_in_his_people.htm">God's Delight in His People</a></b><br>God takes genuine pleasure in His people, which should encourage us to live in a way that honors Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_beauty_of_humility.htm">The Beauty of Humility</a></b><br>Humility is a key characteristic that God values and rewards. We should strive to cultivate humility in our lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/salvation_as_adornment.htm">Salvation as Adornment</a></b><br>Salvation is not just a rescue from sin but a beautification of our lives. We should live in the reality of this transformation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_care_for_the_afflicted.htm">God's Care for the Afflicted</a></b><br>God is particularly attentive to those who are humble or oppressed. We should trust in His deliverance and care.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_covenant_relationship.htm">Living in Covenant Relationship</a></b><br>As God's people, we are called to live in a covenant relationship with Him, marked by faithfulness and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_149.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 149</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_psalm_149_4_symbolic_or_historical.htm">Psalm 149:4 – Is there historical or archaeological evidence that God “adorns the humble with victory,” or is this purely symbolic?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_god_act_only_for_his_pleasure.htm">Does God act solely for His own pleasure?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_god_value_human_righteousness.htm">In Job 22:2–3, if God gains nothing from human righteousness, how do we reconcile this with other passages emphasizing God’s delight in obedience? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_john_17_12_align_with_universal_salvation.htm">In John 17:12, how does losing only the 'son of perdition' align with texts suggesting God desires everyone to be saved?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/149.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(4) <span class= "bld">He will beautify the meek . . .</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">He adorns the oppressed with salvation. </span>Not only is the victory which achieves the deliverance of the afflicted people a relief to them, but the honour won in the sight of the world is like a beautiful robe, a figure no doubt suggested by the actual triumphal dresses of the victors, or the spoils in which they appeared after the battle. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/55-5.htm" title="Behold, you shall call a nation that you know not, and nations that knew not you shall run to you because of the LORD your God, and for the Holy One of Israel; for he has glorified you.">Isaiah 55:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/60-7.htm" title="All the flocks of Kedar shall be gathered together to you, the rams of Nebaioth shall minister to you: they shall come up with acceptance on my altar, and I will glorify the house of my glory.">Isaiah 60:7</a>; <a href="/isaiah/61-3.htm" title="To appoint to them that mourn in Zion, to give to them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.">Isaiah 61:3</a>; <a href="/judges/5-30.htm" title="Have they not sped? have they not divided the prey; to every man a damsel or two; to Sisera a prey of divers colors, a prey of divers colors of needlework, of divers colors of needlework on both sides, meet for the necks of them that take the spoil?">Judges 5:30</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/149.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people</span>. God had shown by the mercy, whatever it was (ver. 1), recently vouchsafed to his people, that he was well pleased with them, and might be counted on to support and sustain them. <span class="cmt_word">He will beautify the meek with salvation</span>. Those who patiently submit to his chastisements God will ultimately "adorn," or "beautify," with his salvation. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/149-4.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">takes pleasure</span><br /><span class="heb">רוֹצֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(rō·w·ṣeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7521.htm">Strong's 7521: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be pleased with, to satisfy a, debt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in His people;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּעַמּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·‘am·mōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> </span><span class="str2">A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock</span><br /><br /><span class="word">He adorns</span><br /><span class="heb">יְפָאֵ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(yə·p̄ā·’êr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6286.htm">Strong's 6286: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gleam, embellish, to boast, to explain, oneself, to shake a, tree</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the afflicted</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲ֝נָוִ֗ים</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·nā·wîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6035.htm">Strong's 6035: </a> </span><span class="str2">Poor, afflicted, humble, meek</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with salvation.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּישׁוּעָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(bî·šū·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3444.htm">Strong's 3444: </a> </span><span class="str2">Something saved, deliverance, aid, victory, prosperity</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/149-4.htm">Psalm 149:4 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/149-4.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 149:4 For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/149-3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 149:3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 149:3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/149-5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 149:5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 149:5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>