PSALM 149:5

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.”

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Psalm 149:5 Translation & Meaning

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Let the saints חֲסִידִ֣ים Properly, kind, i.e., (religiously) pious (a saint) Let saints
be joyful יַעְלְז֣וּ To jump for joy, i.e., exult joyful
in glory: בְּכָב֑וֹד Properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness glory
let them sing aloud יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּ Properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e., to shout (usually for joy) let sing aloud
upon עַל Above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications upon
their beds. מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָֽם׃ A bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse beds

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

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

  • 5  Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

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

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



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