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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 149:4

Psa 149:4 For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation. Ver. 4. For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people ] Psalms 35:27 , when they are under the cross especially, and thereby make meek. This the very heathen saw, and could say, Spectant Dii magnos viros, cum calamitate aliqua colluctantes. Ecce spectaculum, ad quod respiciat operi suo intentus Deus, saith Seneca of Cato, and other gallant Roman spirits (Lib. de Provid. c. 2). How much more may we say... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Psalms 149:4

taketh pleasure: Psalms 22:8, Psalms 35:27, Psalms 117:2, Psalms 147:11, Proverbs 11:20, Isaiah 62:4, Isaiah 62:5, Jeremiah 32:41, Zephaniah 3:17 beautify: Psalms 90:17, Psalms 132:16, Isaiah 61:1-Leviticus :, Isaiah 61:10, Hebrews 12:10, 1 Peter 3:4, 1 Peter 5:5, Revelation 7:14 Reciprocal: Exodus 28:2 - glory Numbers 12:3 - very 2 Samuel 22:20 - delighted Job 40:10 - glory Psalms 25:9 - meek Psalms 68:13 - the wings Psalms 76:9 - to save Psalms 147:6 - lifteth up Song of Solomon 1:5 -... read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Psalms 149:4

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.The Lord — He rejoiceth over them to do them good.Beautify — Heb. adorn, make them amiable and honourable in the eyes of the world, who now hate and despise them.The meek — All true Israelites are such. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 149:4

4. Beautify the meek with salvation This is a law of the divine government. The meek, not the proud and contentious, shall triumph at last, even in this life. Matthew 5:5. These are they who wait in patient suffering for God’s time and manner of judgment. “Beautify,” here, takes the sense of honour. God will honour the meek in the eyes of the world. The struggling colony had humbly borne the malice and perfidy of hostile tribes for nearly a hundred years from their first arrival, (Ezra... read more

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