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

Psalms 149:4

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.

  • But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

  • Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say continually, Let the LORD be magnified, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

  • I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.

  • The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-5)

We have here, I. The calls given to God’s Israel to praise. All his works were, in the foregoing psalm, excited to praise him ; but here his saints in a particular manner are required to bless him. Observe then, 1. Who are called upon to praise God. Israel in general, the body of the church (Ps. 149:2), the children of Zion particularly, the inhabitants of that holy hill, who are nearer to God tha…

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