Psalms 149 · Verse 7

Psalms 149:7

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
Psalms 149:7, King James Version

Psalms 149:7 in other translations

BSBto inflict vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples,
WEBto execute vengeance on the nations, and punishments on the peoples;
ASVTo execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;
YLTTo do vengeance among nations, Punishments among the peoples.
DARBYTo execute vengeance against the nations, and punishment among the peoples;
BBETo give the nations the reward of their sins, and the peoples their punishment;
WebsterTo execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

What does Psalms 149:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. The destruction of the incorrigibly wicked attends the propagation of God's truth, so that the military successes of the Jews, after the captivity, typified the triumphs of the Gospel.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 To execute vengeance upon the heathen - This may refer simply to their purpose of defending themselves to the uttermost, should their enemies attack them while building their wall: and they had every reason to believe that God would be with them; and that, if their enemies did attack them, they should be able to inflict the severest punishment upon them. Punishments upon the people - The unfaithful and treacherous Jews; for we find that some, even of their nobles, had joined with Sanballat and Tobiah; (see Neh 6:17-19): and it appears also that many of them had formed alliances with those heathens, which were contrary to the law; see Neh 13:15-29.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 149:6-9

Some of God's servants of old were appointed to execute vengeance according to his word. They did not do it from personal revenge or earthly politics, but in obedience to God's command. And the honour intended for all the saints of God, consists in their triumphs over the enemies of their salvation. Christ never intended his gospel should be spread by fire and sword, or his righteousness by the wrath of man. But let…

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Psalms 149:7 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.

לַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.Sotto executeH6213
נְ֭קָמָהNe.ka.mahvengeanceH5360
בַּגּוֹיִ֑םba.go.Yimon the nationsH1471
תּֽ֝וֹכֵחֹ֗תto.khe.Chotpunishment<s>H8433
בָּלְאֻמִּים\׃ba.le'u.Mimamong the peoplesH3816

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

Cross references for Psalms 149:7

  • Zechariah 14:17-19

    And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain. And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the Lord will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles. This shall be the punishment of Egypt, and the punishment of all nations that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

  • 1 Samuel 15:2-3

    Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • Revelation 19:11-21

    And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war. His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. …

  • 1 Samuel 15:18-23

    And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed. Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord? And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of the Lord, and have gone the way which the Lord sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the Lord thy God in Gilgal. …

  • Numbers 31:2-3

    Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people. And Moses spake unto the people, saying, Arm some of yourselves unto the war, and let them go against the Midianites, and avenge the Lord of Midian.

  • Judges 5:23

    Curse ye Meroz, said the angel of the Lord, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof; because they came not to the help of the Lord, to the help of the Lord against the mighty.

  • Psalms 137:8-9

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us. Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.

  • Zechariah 9:13-16

    When I have bent Judah for me, filled the bow with Ephraim, and raised up thy sons, O Zion, against thy sons, O Greece, and made thee as the sword of a mighty man. And the Lord shall be seen over them, and his arrow shall go forth as the lightning: and the Lord God shall blow the trumpet, and shall go with whirlwinds of the south. The Lord of hosts shall defend them; and they shall devour, and subdue with sling stones; and they shall drink, and make a noise as through wine; and they shall be filled like bowls, and as the corners of the altar. And the Lord their God shall save them in that day as the flock of his people: for they shall be as the stones of a crown, lifted up as an ensign upon his land.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
137:8,9; Nu 31:2,3; Jud 5:23; 1Sa 15:2,3,18-23; Zec 9:13-16
Zec 14:17-19; Re 19:11-21

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Context

  • Psalms 149:6

    Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;

  • Psalms 149:7

    To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

  • Psalms 149:8

    To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

Read all of Psalms 149

Psalms 149:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Para hacer venganza de las gentes, y castigo en los pueblos;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pour exécuter la vengeance contre les nations, des châtiments au milieu des peuples;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Um Rache auszuüben an den Nationen, Bestrafungen an den Völkerschaften;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ad faciendam vindictam in nationibus, increpationes in populis;