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Psalms 149:4

Psalms chapter 149 · verse 4 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.

Context

v.3Let them praise his name in the dance: Let them sing praises unto him with timbrel and harp.

v.4This passage

v.5Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 35:27

    Let them shout for joy, and be glad, that favor my righteous cause: Yea, let them say continually, Jehovah be magnified, Who hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.

  • 1 Peter 3:4

    but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible apparel of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.

  • Psalms 90:17

    And let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us; And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

  • Isaiah 61:1

    The Spirit of the Lord Jehovah is upon me; because Jehovah hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

  • Psalms 147:11

    Jehovah taketh pleasure in them that fear him, In those that hope in his lovingkindness.