Let the high Acts of God be in their mouth, and a two edged sword in their hands,

[a]To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and corrections among the people:

To bind [b]their kings in chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron,

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 149:7 This is chiefly accomplished in the kingdom of Christ when God’s people for just causes execute God’s judgments against his enemies: and it giveth no liberty to any to revenge their private injuries.
  2. Psalm 149:8 Not only the people, but the kings that were their enemies should be destroyed.

May the praise of God be in their mouths(A)
    and a double-edged(B) sword in their hands,(C)
to inflict vengeance(D) on the nations
    and punishment(E) on the peoples,
to bind their kings with fetters,(F)
    their nobles with shackles of iron,(G)

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