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Psalm 149 Bible study: In the assembly of the saints
Psalm 149 begins and ends with the saints, "the assembly of the saints" (149:1) and "All his saints have this honor" (149:9): one word, chasid, and no other psalm has it three times. And the WEB's two honors are two Hebrew words: kavod in 149:5 and hadar in 149:9.
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“For the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.”
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“Psalm 149 calls the children of Zion to be joyful in their King.”
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The saints, first and last
The psalm opens and closes with the same people. "Sing to the LORD a new song, his praise in the assembly of the saints" (149:1). "Let the saints rejoice in honor" (149:5). "All his saints have this honor. Praise the LORD!" (149:9). Here is what almost everyone misses: saints is one Hebrew word, chasid, and Psalm 149 has it three times, more than any other psalm (tap saints). In between, the psalm calls on "Israel" and "the children of Zion" (149:2). And the one line that begins For gives the psalm's reason, which is what the LORD does: "For the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation" (149:4) (tap takes pleasure, crowns, humble).
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- Praise in their mouths, a sword in their hand
- Their King, and their kings
- A new song, in Isaiah's words
- The last line of Psalm 148
- 6 questions as you read
- 14 more Hebrew words
- A short check at the end
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The Hebrew word behind it
חָסִידchasidsay kha-SEED
Brown-Driver-Briggs: "kind, pious". Strong's: "properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)". "his praise in the assembly of the saints" (149:1), "Let the saints rejoice in honor" (149:5), and "All his saints have this honor" (149:9): all three are this word. The Hebrew Bible has it 32 times, 25 of them in the Psalms, and no other psalm has it three times. In 149:9 all his saints is lekhol chasidav, the same two words as in the last verse of Psalm 148: "the praise of all his saints" (Psalm 148:14). In another psalm God says who his saints are: "Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice" (Psalm 50:5).
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Psalm 149 Bible study questions
- 1"Sing to the LORD a new song" (149:1). What has God done in your life lately that you could thank him for in words you haven't used before?
- 2"For the LORD takes pleasure in his people" (149:4). What makes that easy or hard for you to believe about yourself this week?
- 3Psalm 149 calls for praise in the assembly (149:1) and "on their beds" (149:5). What would praising God in an ordinary place of your day look like this week?
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