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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 149 This psalm is thought by Calvin and others to have been written for the sake of the Jews that returned from the Babylonish captivity; and is a prediction of great and famous things done in the times of the Maccabees to Heathens and their princes, so Theodoret; the Syriac version entitles it, "concerning the new temple;'' that is, the second temple, built by Zerubbabel,...
John Gill
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him,.... Or, "in his Makers" (i), Father, Son, and Spirit; as in Job 35:10; see also Ecclesiastes 12:1; for all three Persons had a concern in the creation of man at first, "let us make man", c. Genesis 1:26 and have in the formation of every individual man; of the Israelites as men, and of them as a body politic and ecclesiastic, being raised up, constituted,...
Matthew Henry
The foregoing psalm was a hymn of praise to the Creator; this is a hymn of praise to the Redeemer. It is a psalm of triumph in the God of Israel, and over the enemies of Israel. Probably it was penned upon occasion of some victory which Israel was blessed and honoured with. Some conjecture that it was penned when David had taken the strong-hold of Zion, and settled his government there. But it...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Adore your Creator for your being, and for your well being. He has twice made you, ye people of God; give him therefore double praise,-not only the song of those who sang when creation’s work was done, but the praise of those who sing because they are made new creatures in Christ Jesus.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise his name in the dance: The holy dance of those days differed altogether from the frivolous and lascivious dances of the present time. It was a sacred exercise in which the whole body expressed its delight before God.
Charles H. Spurgeon
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: This is the best and highest form of creation, — the making, not only of men, but of men of God, the making of Israels, the making of prevailing princes. Psa_149:2. Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them rejoice that their Maker reigns, that he rules over them, and that he rules over all things: “Let the children of Zion be joyful in...