Psalms 149 · Verse 9

Psalms 149:9

To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.
Psalms 149:9, King James Version

Psalms 149:9 in other translations

BSBto execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
WEBto execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor. Praise the LORD!
ASVTo execute upon them the judgment written: This honor have all his saints. Praise ye Jehovah.
YLTTo do among them the judgment written, An honour it is for all his saints. Praise ye Jah!
DARBYTo execute upon them the judgment written. This honour have all his saints. Hallelujah!
BBETo give them the punishment which is in the holy writings: this honour is given to all his saints. Praise be to the Lord.
WebsterTo execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

What does Psalms 149:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. the judgment written--either in God's decrees, or perhaps as in De 32:41-43. this honour--that is, to be thus employed, will be an honorable service, to be assigned his saints--or, godly ones (Psa 16:3).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 To execute upon them the judgment written - In Deu 7:1, etc., God promises his people complete victory over all their enemies, and over the heathen. God repeatedly promises such victories to his faithful people; and this is, properly speaking, the judgment written, i.e., foretold. This honor have all his saints - They shall all be supported, defended, and saved by the Lord. Israel had this honor, and such victories over their enemies, while they continued faithful to their God. When they relapsed into iniquity, their enemies prevailed against them; they were defeated, their city taken, their temple burnt to the ground, more than a million of themselves slaughtered, and the rest led into captivity; and, scattered through the, world, they continue without king, or temple, or true worship, to the present day. "But do not these last verses contain a promise that all the nations of the earth shall be brought under the dominion of the Church of Christ; that all heathen and ungodly kings shall be put down, and pious men put in their places?" I do not think so. I believe God never intended that his Church should have the civil government of the world. His Church like its Founder and Head, will never be a ruler and divider among men. The men who under pretense of superior sanctity, affect this, are not of God; the truth of God is not in them; they are puffed up with pride, and fall into the condemnation of the devil. Wo unto the inhabitants of the earth, when the Church takes the civil government of the world into its hand! Were it possible that God should trust religious people with civil government, anarchy would soon ensue; for every professed believer in Christ would consider himself on a par with any other and every other believer, the right to rule and the necessity to obey would be immediately lost, and every man would do what was right in his own eyes; for, where the grace of God makes all equal, who can presume to say, I have Divine authority to govern my fellow? The Church of Rome has claimed this right; and the pope, in consequence, became a secular prince; but the nations of the world have seen the vanity and iniquity of the claim, and refused allegiance. Those whom it did govern, with force and with cruelty did it rule them; and the odious yoke is now universally cast off. Certain enthusiasts and hypocrites, not of that Church, have also attempted to set up a fifth monarchy, a civil government by the Saints! and diabolic saints they were. To such pretenders God gives neither countenance nor support. The secular and spiritual government God will ever keep distinct; and the Church shall have no power but that of doing good; and this only in proportion to its holiness, heavenly-mindedness, and piety to God. That the verses above may be understood in a spiritual sense, as applicable to the influence of the word of God preached, may be seen in the following analysis.

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 149:9 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.

לַעֲשׂ֤וֹתla.'a.Sotto executeH6213
בָּהֶ֨ם\׀ba.Hemon them
מִשְׁפָּ֬טmish.PatjudgmentH4941
כָּת֗וּבka.TuvwrittenH3789
הָדָ֣רha.Dar[is] honorH1926
ה֭וּאhu'itH1931
לְכָל\־le.kholfor allH3605
חֲסִידָ֗יוcha.si.Davfaithful [people] hisH2623
הַֽלְלוּ\־ha.lu-praiseH1984
יָֽהּ\׃YahYahwehH3050

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

Cross references for Psalms 149:9

  • 1 Corinthians 6:2-3

    Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?

  • Psalms 148:14

    He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Psalms 137:8

    O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

  • Deuteronomy 32:42-43

    I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

  • Deuteronomy 7:1-2

    When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

  • Ezekiel 28:26

    And they shall dwell safely therein, and shall build houses, and plant vineyards; yea, they shall dwell with confidence, when I have executed judgments upon all those that despise them round about them; and they shall know that I am the Lord their God.

  • Revelation 3:21

    To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

  • Isaiah 14:22-23

    For I will rise up against them, saith the Lord of hosts, and cut off from Babylon the name, and remnant, and son, and nephew, saith the Lord. I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.

  • Revelation 17:14-16

    These shall make war with the Lamb, and the Lamb shall overcome them: for he is Lord of lords, and King of kings: and they that are with him are called, and chosen, and faithful. And he saith unto me, The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues. And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire.

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to execute.
137:8; De 7:1,2; 32:42,43; Isa 14:22,23; Re 17:14-16
this honour.
148:14; 1Co 6:2,3; Re 3:21

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Context

  • Psalms 149:8

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

  • Psalms 149:9

    To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.

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Psalms 149:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Para ejecutar en ellos el juicio escrito: gloria será esta para todos sus santos. Aleluya.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Pour exécuter contre eux le jugement qui est écrit. Cette gloire est pour tous ses saints. Louez Jah!
German
Elberfelder 1871		An ihnen auszuüben das geschriebene Gericht! Das ist die Ehre aller seiner Frommen. Lobet Jehova!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		ut faciant in eis judicium conscriptum: gloria hæc est omnibus sanctis ejus. Alleluja.