Bible Strands
Psalms 149:9
to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the worshiping community of Israel, speaking immediately after describing God's act of binding hostile kings and nobles. The declaration concludes a call to corporate praise following divine intervention.
The words — The Hebrew לַ/עֲשׂ֤וֹת (la./'a.Sot) means "to execute," directly governing מִשְׁפָּ֬ט (mish.Pat) for "judgment." The noun הָדָ֣ר (ha.Dar) translates literally to "honor" or "majesty."
The thread — The New Testament applies this judicial role to believers in 1 Corinthians 6:2, stating that saints will judge the world. The designation of God's people as His honored ones parallels the identification of Israel as a people near to Him in Psalms 148:14.
Why it lands — The text asserts that executing written judgment is a designated privilege for the faithful, not a human ambition. A reader must recognize that divine justice is carried out through God's covenant people as an act of obedience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 6:2 Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
- Psalms 148:14 He has raised up a horn for His people, the praise of all His saints, of Israel, a people near to Him. Hallelujah!
- Psalms 137:8 O Daughter of Babylon, doomed to destruction, blessed is he who repays you as you have done to us.
- Deuteronomy 7:1 When the LORD your God brings you into the land that you are entering to possess, and He drives out before you many nations—the Hittites, Girgashites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites, seven nations larger and stronger than you—
- Deuteronomy 32:42 I will make My arrows drunk with blood, while My sword devours flesh—the blood of the slain and captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
- Isaiah 14:22 “I will rise up against them,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will cut off from Babylon her name and her remnant, her offspring and her posterity,” declares the LORD.
- Ezekiel 28:26 And there they will dwell securely, build houses, and plant vineyards. They will dwell securely when I execute judgments against all those around them who treat them with contempt. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God.’”
- Revelation 3:21 To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.
- Revelation 17:14 They will make war against the Lamb, and the Lamb will triumph over them, because He is Lord of lords and King of kings; and He will be accompanied by His called and chosen and faithful ones.”