[149:1] Praise the Lord! Sing a new song to the Lord; praise him in the assembly of his faithful people!
[149:2] Be glad, Israel, because of your Creator; rejoice, people of Zion, because of your king!
[149:3] Praise his name with dancing; play drums and harps in praise of him.
[149:4] The Lord takes pleasure in his people; he honors the humble with victory.
[149:5] Let God's people rejoice in their triumph and sing joyfully all night long.
[149:6] Let them shout aloud as they praise God, with their sharp swords in their hands
[149:7] to defeat the nations and to punish the peoples;
[149:8] to bind their kings in chains, their leaders in chains of iron;
[149:9] to punish the nations as God has commanded. This is the victory of God's people. Praise the Lord!