PSALM 149

¹Hallelujah.

                Sing to the LORD a new song,

                    His praise in the faithfuls’ assembly.

                ²Let Israel rejoice in its Maker,

                    Zion’s sons exult in their king.

                ³Let them praise His name in dance,

                    on the timbrel and lyre let them hymn to Him.

                ⁴For the LORD looks with favor on His people,

                    He adorns the lowly with victory.

                ⁵Let the faithful delight in glory,

                    sing gladly on their couches.

                ⁶Exultations of God in their throat

                    and a double-edged sword in their hand,

                ⁷to wreak vengeance upon the nations,

                    punishment on the peoples,

                ⁸to bind their kings in fetters,

                    and their nobles in iron chains,

                ⁹to exact from them justice as written—

                    it is grandeur for all His faithful.

                          Hallelujah.