Psalms 149:3 · KJV
“Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. {in...: or, with the pipe}”
— Psalms 149:3
Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. {in him...: Heb. in his Makers}
For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
Psalms 149 — Context
Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, {and} his praise in the congregation of saints. {Praise...: Heb. Hallelujah}
2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. {in him...: Heb. in his Makers}
3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. {in...: or, with the pipe}
4For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.
5Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.
Cross References
Jeremiah 31:13
Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together: for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
2 Samuel 6:16
And as the ark of the LORD came into the city of David, Michal Saul's daughter looked through a window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before the LORD; and she despised him in her heart.
2 Samuel 6:14
And David danced before the LORD with all {his} might; and David {was} girded with a linen ephod.
Exodus 15:20
And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
Psalms 81:2
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
1 Chronicles 15:28-29
Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
Psalms 150:3-5
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. {trumpet: or, cornet}
Judges 11:34
And Jephthah came to Mizpeh unto his house, and, behold, his daughter came out to meet him with timbrels and with dances: and she {was his} only child; beside her he had neither son nor daughter. {beside...: or, he had not of his own either son or daughter: Heb. of himself}