Psalms 149 · Verse 3

Psalms 149:3

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalms 149:3, King James Version

Psalms 149:3 in other translations

BSBLet them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
WEBLet them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
ASVLet them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp.
YLTThey praise His name in a dance, With timbrel and harp sing praise to Him.
DARBYLet them praise his name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto him with the tambour and harp.
BBELet them give praise to his name in the dance: let them make melody to him with instruments of brass and corded instruments of music.
WebsterLet them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises to him with the timbrel and harp:

What does Psalms 149:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
3. in the dance--(Psa 30:11). The dance is connected with other terms, expressive of the great joy of the occasion. The word may be rendered "lute," to which the other instruments are joined. sing praises--or, sing and play.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 3 Let them praise his name in the dance - במחול bemachol, with the pipe, or some kind of wind music, classed here with תף toph, the tabor or drum, and כנור kinnor, the harp." מחול machol," says Parkhurst, "some fistular wind-instrument of music, with holes, as a flute, pipe, or fife, from חל chal, to make a hole or opening." I know no place in the Bible where מחול machol and מחלת machalath mean dance of any kind; they constantly signify some kind of pipe.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 149:1-5

New mercies continually demand new songs of praise, upon earth and in heaven. And the children of Zion have not only to bless the God who made them, but to rejoice in him, as having created them in Christ Jesus unto good works, and formed them saints as well as men. The Lord takes pleasure in his people; they should rejoice in Him. When the Lord has made sinners feel their wants and unworthiness, he will adorn them…

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Psalms 149:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יְהַֽלְל֣וּye.ha.Lulet them praiseH1984
שְׁמ֣וֹshe.Moname hisH8034
בְמָח֑וֹלve.ma.Cholwith dancingH4234
בְּתֹ֥ףbe.Tofwith tambourineH8596
וְ֝כִנּ֗וֹרve.khi.Norand harpH3658
יְזַמְּרוּ\־ye.za.me.ru-let them make musicH2167
לֽוֹ\׃loto him

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 149:3

  • Jeremiah 31:13

    Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.

  • Psalms 81:2

    Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:28-29

    Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps. And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.

  • Exodus 15:20

    And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

  • 2 Samuel 6:14

    And David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

  • 2 Samuel 6:16

    And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David, Michal Saul’s daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart.

  • Psalms 30:11

    Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

  • Judges 11:34

    And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she was his only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter.

  • Psalms 150:3-5

    Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

  • Psalms 137:2-4

    We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion. How shall we sing the Lord’s song in a strange land?

  • 1 Chronicles 16:42

    And with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should make a sound, and with musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were porters.

  • Ezra 3:10

    And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the Lord, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the Lord, after the ordinance of David king of Israel.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in the dance. or, with the pipe.
150:4; *marg:
Ex 15:20; Jud 11:34; 2Sa 6:16; Jer 31:13
with the timbrel.
33:2; 81:2; 137:2-4; 150:3-5; 1Ch 15:28,29; 16:42; 25:6; 2Ch 29:25
Ezr 3:10

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Context

  • Psalms 149:2

    Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

  • Psalms 149:3

    Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

  • Psalms 149:4

    For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

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Psalms 149:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Alaben su nombre con corro: con adufe y arpa á él canten.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Qu’ils louent son nom avec des danses, qu’ils chantent ses louanges avec le tambourin et avec la harpe!
German
Elberfelder 1871
Loben sollen sie seinen Namen mit Reigen, mit Tamburin und Laute ihm Psalmen singen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Laudent nomen ejus in choro; in tympano et psalterio psallant ei.