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Psalm 149

Psa. 149:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Forz the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
taketh pleasure
ratsah (Hebrew #7521)
to be pleased with; specifically, to satisfy a debt
KJV usage: (be) accept(-able), accomplish, set affection, approve, consent with, delight (self), enjoy, (be, have a) favour(-able), like, observe, pardon, (be, have, take) please(-ure), reconcile self.
Pronounce: raw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
in his people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
: he will beautify
pa'ar (Hebrew #6286)
to gleam, i.e. (causatively) embellish; figuratively, to boast; also to explain (i.e. make clear) oneself; denominative from 6288, to shake a tree
KJV usage: beautify, boast self, go over the boughs, glorify (self), glory, vaunt self.
Pronounce: paw-ar'
Origin: a primitive root
the meek
`anav (Hebrew #6035)
from 6031; depressed (figuratively), in mind (gentle) or circumstances (needy, especially saintly)
KJV usage: humble, lowly, meek, poor. Compare 6041.
Pronounce: aw-nawv'
Origin: or (by intermixture with 6041) Aanayv {aw-nawv'}
with salvation
yshuw`ah (Hebrew #3444)
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
KJV usage: deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
Pronounce: yesh-oo'-aw
Origin: feminine passive participle of 3467
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Psa. 147:11• 11Jehovah taketh pleasure in those fearing him,{HR}In those hoping in his mercy. (Psa. 147:11)

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taketh pleasure.
Psa. 22:8• 8Commit [thyself] unto Jehovah;{HR}Let him deliver him;{HR}He will deliver him because he hath delighted in him. (Psa. 22:8)
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Psa. 35:27• 27They shall shout for joy and rejoice who delight in my righteousness,{HR}And they shall say continually, Let Jehovah be magnified,{HR}who delighteth in the peace of his servant. (Psa. 35:27)
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Psa. 117:2• 2For his mercy is powerful over us,{HR}And the truth of Jehovah [is] for everlasting.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 117:2)
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Psa. 147:11• 11Jehovah taketh pleasure in those fearing him,{HR}In those hoping in his mercy. (Psa. 147:11)
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Prov. 11:20• 20The perverse in heart [are] abomination to Jehovah,{HR}But the upright in way [are] his delight. (Prov. 11:20)
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Isa. 62:4‑5• 4Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken, neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
 5For [as] a young man marrieth a virgin, shall thy sons marry thee; and with the joy of the bridegroom over the bride shall thy God rejoice over thee. (Isa. 62:4‑5)
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Jer. 32:41• 41Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. (Jer. 32:41)
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Zeph. 3:17• 17Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing. (Zeph. 3:17)
beautify.
Psa. 90:17• 17And let the beauty of Jehovah our God be upon us,{HR}And the work of our hands establish thou upon us;{HR}Even the work of our hands, establish thou it. (Psa. 90:17)
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Psa. 132:16• 16And her priests I will clothe with salvation;{HR}And her saints shall shout aloud for joy. (Psa. 132:16)
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Isa. 61:1‑3,10• 1The 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 opening of the prison to the bound;
 2to proclaim the acceptable year of Jehovah, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn;
 3to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, that beauty be given them instead of ashes, the oil of joy instead of mourning, the garment of praise instead of the spirit of heaviness, that they might be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of Jehovah, that he might be glorified.
 10I will greatly rejoice in Jehovah, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh [himself] with the turban, and as a bride adorneth [herself] with her jewels. (Isa. 61:1‑3,10)
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Heb. 12:10• 10For they indeed chastened for a few days, as seemed good to them; but he for profit in order to the partaking of his holiness. (Heb. 12:10)
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1 Peter 3:4• 4but the hidden man of the heart, in the incorruptible of the meek and quiet spirit which is in the sight of God very precious. (1 Peter 3:4)
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1 Peter 5:5• 5Likewise, ye younger, be subject to elders; and all of you bind on humility to one another; because God setteth himself against haughty ones, and giveth grace to lowly. (1 Peter 5:5)
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Rev. 7:14• 14And I said to him, My lord, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they that come out of the great tribulation, and they washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. (Rev. 7:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his peoplea; he beautifieth the meek with salvation.

JND Translation Notes

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Am (singular of Ammim, Ps. 7.8). It generally signifies Israel.

W. Kelly Translation

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For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people;{HR}He honoureth the meek with salvation.