King James Version
Psalms 149:9 in the King James Version says “To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 149 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.”
Psalms 149:9 · KJV
To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;
To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“upon them the judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“written”
H3789to grave, by implication, to write (describe, inscribe, prescribe, subscribe)
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“Praise”
H1984to be clear (orig. of sound, but usually of color); to shine; hence, to make a show, to boast; and thus to be (clamorously) foolish; to rave; causativ
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