[a]To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and corrections among the people:

To bind [b]their kings in chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron,

That they may execute upon them the judgment that is [c]written: this honor shall be to all his Saints. Praise ye the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 149:7 This is chiefly accomplished in the kingdom of Christ when God’s people for just causes execute God’s judgments against his enemies: and it giveth no liberty to any to revenge their private injuries.
  2. Psalm 149:8 Not only the people, but the kings that were their enemies should be destroyed.
  3. Psalm 149:9 Hereby God bindeth the hands and minds of all his to enterprise no farther than he appointeth.

to inflict vengeance(A) on the nations
    and punishment(B) on the peoples,
to bind their kings with fetters,(C)
    their nobles with shackles of iron,(D)
to carry out the sentence written against them—(E)
    this is the glory of all his faithful people.(F)

Praise the Lord.

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