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href="../psalms/148.htm" title="Psalm 148">◄</a> Psalm 149 <a href="../psalms/150.htm" title="Psalm 150">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/psalms/149.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/149-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Praise the LORD!</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">Sing to the LORD a new song.</p><p class="line2">Sing his praises in the assembly of the faithful.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/149-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>O Israel, rejoice in your Maker.</p><p class="line2">O people of Jerusalem,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> exult in your King.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/149-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Praise his name with dancing,</p><p class="line2">accompanied by tambourine and harp.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/149-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For the LORD delights in his people;</p><p class="line2">he crowns the humble with victory.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/149-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them.</p><p class="line2">Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/149-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Let the praises of God be in their mouths,</p><p class="line2">and a sharp sword in their hands—</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/149-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>to execute vengeance on the nations</p><p class="line2">and punishment on the peoples,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/149-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>to bind their kings with shackles</p><p class="line2">and their leaders with iron chains,</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/149-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>to execute the judgment written against them.</p><p class="line2">This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones.</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">Praise the LORD!</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">149:2 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">Zion.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy 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