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Let them praise his name[a] with dancing
    and make music to him with tambourine and lyre.
For the Lord takes delight in his people,
    and he crowns the humble with salvation.[b]
Let the saints exult in their glory
    and sing for joy on their beds.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 149:3 Name: see note on Ps 5:12. Dancing: which formed part of the liturgy (see Pss 87:7; 150:4; Ex 15:20; 2 Sam 6:14; Jer 31:4).
  2. Psalm 149:4 See Ps 73:1; 1 Sam 2:8; Isa 49:13; 61:9; 62:4f.
  3. Psalm 149:5 Beds: the beds, which had before been soaked with tears, share in the Lord’s deliverance (see Pss 4:5; 6:7; 63:7; Hos 7:14). Some take “beds” as “couches” used in worship or at banquets.

Let them praise his name with dancing(A)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.(B)
For the Lord takes delight(C) in his people;
    he crowns the humble with victory.(D)
Let his faithful people rejoice(E) in this honor
    and sing for joy on their beds.(F)

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