Psalm 149 (150)
National hymn. The people of God know that they are called to glory and
happiness. They will be the instruments of God¡¯s justice. God uses his poor,
gathered by Christ, to judge the world and bring it to salvation.
1 Alleluia!
Sing to the Lord a new song,
sing his praise in the assembly of his saints.
2 Let Israel rejoice in his Maker,
let the people of Zion glory in their King!
3 Let them dance in praise of his name
and make music for him with harp and timbrel.
4 For the Lord delights in his people;
he crowns the lowly with victory.
5 The saints will exult in triumph;
even at night on their couches.
6 Let the praise of God be on their lips,
and in their hands two-edged swords,
7 to wreak vengeance on the nations
and punishment on the peo ples,
8 to bind their kings in chains
and their nobles in iron fetters,
9 to execute on them the written sentence:
this is the glory of all his saints. Alleluia!
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