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Time after Pentecost · All Saints' Day · Year B

Psalm 149

Let Israel Be Glad in Their Maker

November 1, 2027

Christ with Singing and Music-Making Angels (centre panel), Hans Memling
Christ with Singing and Music-Making Angels (centre panel), Hans Memling, c. 1487–1490Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
The centre of a vast organ-shutter ensemble from a Spanish abbey, now in Antwerp. Memling painted the instruments accurately enough that modern players have reconstructed them from the panels.These psalms call for a new song and name the instruments, and here are the instruments, painted by someone who had looked at them closely.Hans MemlingA German-born painter (c. 1430-1494) who settled in Bruges and became its most sought-after master, with a calm, orderly manner that made him popular with foreign merchants.Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)Antwerp's great collection, strongest in the Flemish primitives and in Rubens, reopened in 2022 after an eleven-year rebuilding.Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (KMSKA)
LSB Three-Year Lectionary
GospelMatt. 5:1-12Mt 5:1-12
Epistle1 John 3:1-31 Jn 3:1-3
Old TestamentRev. 7:(2-8) 9-17Rev 7:(2-8) 9-17
PsalterPs. 149Ps 149

Overview & Insights

“Sing to the Lord a new song, his praise in the assembly of the faithful.” (Psalm 149:1)

This hymnic praise psalm begins with an imperative call to sing . . . a new song specifically in the assembly of the saints (or “devout/faithful ones”). Then three verses follow which invite them ( Let . . . , Hb. jussive or wish, vv. 2–3, 5) to perform his praise with joy (Let Israel rejoice ) and with dancing and musical instruments (tambourine and harp). Yahweh is depicted as their Maker and King. Supporting these appeals is a twofold reason ( for, v. 4), one is for God’s benefit (the LORD takes delight in his people) and the other is for how he benefits his people (he crowns the humble with salvation).

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Commentary

Enduring Word: Psalm 149Enduring Word: Ps 149 Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the psalm.

BibleHub: Commentaries on Psalm 149:1BibleHub: Commentaries on Ps 149:1 BibleHub

Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the new song of the faithful.

Background & Word Study

Sefaria: Psalms 149 (Hebrew)Sefaria: Ps 149 (Hebrew) Sefaria

Hebrew text with English and Jewish commentary on the psalm.

BibleHub: Psalm 149 InterlinearBibleHub: Ps 149 Interlinear BibleHub

Hebrew-English interlinear for word-level study of the psalm.

The Church Fathers

Catena: Psalm 149Catena: Ps 149 Catena

Patristic comments gathered verse by verse on Psalm 149.

Questions preachers ask

What is Psalm 149?

A closing hymn of praise calling the faithful to rejoice in their Maker with song and dance, for the Lord takes pleasure in his people and crowns the humble with victory; fitting for the feast of All Saints.

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