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Let Israel rejoice in their Creator.
Let the people[a] of Zion delight in their King.[b]
Let them praise his name with dancing.
Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp.
For the Lord takes delight in his people;
he exalts the oppressed by delivering them.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 149:2 tn Heb “sons.”
  2. Psalm 149:2 sn The Lord is the King here, as the parallelism in the previous line (“their creator”) indicates.
  3. Psalm 149:4 tn Heb “he honors the oppressed [with] deliverance.”

Let Israel rejoice(A) in their Maker;(B)
    let the people of Zion be glad in their King.(C)
Let them praise his name with dancing(D)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.(E)
For the Lord takes delight(F) in his people;
    he crowns the humble with victory.(G)

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