Psalm 149:9
New International Version
to carry out the sentence written against them— this is the glory of all his faithful people. Praise the LORD.

New Living Translation
to execute the judgment written against them. This is the glorious privilege of his faithful ones. Praise the LORD!

English Standard Version
to execute on them the judgment written! This is honor for all his godly ones. Praise the LORD!

Berean Standard Bible
to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!

King James Bible
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

New King James Version
To execute on them the written judgment— This honor have all His saints. Praise the LORD!

New American Standard Bible
To execute against them the judgment written. This is an honor for all His godly ones. Praise the LORD!

NASB 1995
To execute on them the judgment written; This is an honor for all His godly ones. Praise the LORD!

NASB 1977
To execute on them the judgment written; This is an honor for all His godly ones. Praise the LORD!

Legacy Standard Bible
To execute on them the judgment written; This is the majesty of all His holy ones. Praise Yah!

Amplified Bible
To execute on them the judgment written. This is the honor for all His godly ones. Praise the LORD! (Hallelujah!)

Christian Standard Bible
carrying out the judgment decreed against them. This honor is for all his faithful people. Hallelujah!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
carrying out the judgment decreed against them. This honor is for all His godly people. Hallelujah!

American Standard Version
To execute upon them the judgment written: This honor have all his saints. Praise ye Jehovah.

Contemporary English Version
Punish them as they deserve; this is the privilege of God's faithful people. Shout praises to the LORD!

English Revised Version
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
to carry out the judgment that is written against them. This is an honor that belongs to all his godly ones. Hallelujah!

Good News Translation
to punish the nations as God has commanded. This is the victory of God's people. Praise the LORD!

International Standard Version
and executing the judgment written against them. This is honor for all the ones he loves. Hallelujah!

Majority Standard Bible
to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!

NET Bible
and execute the judgment to which their enemies have been sentenced. All his loyal followers will be vindicated. Praise the LORD!

New Heart English Bible
to execute on them the written judgment. All his faithful ones have this honor. Praise the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
To execute upon them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD.

World English Bible
to execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor. Praise Yah!
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
To do among them the judgment written, "" It [is] an honor for all his saints. Praise YAH!

Young's Literal Translation
To do among them the judgment written, An honour it is for all his saints. Praise ye Jah!

Smith's Literal Translation
To do upon them the judgment written: this honor to all his godly ones. Praise ye Jah.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
To execute upon them the judgment that is written: this glory is to all his saints. Alleluia.

Catholic Public Domain Version
to obtain judgment over them, as it has been written. This is glory for all his saints. Alleluia.

New American Bible
To execute the judgments decreed for them— such is the glory of all God’s faithful. Hallelujah!

New Revised Standard Version
to execute on them the judgment decreed. This is glory for all his faithful ones. Praise the LORD!
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
To execute upon them the judgment that is written; and give glory to all his saints. Praise the LORD.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
To do for them the judgment that is written. Glory to all his righteous ones!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
To execute upon them the judgment written; He is the glory of all His saints. Hallelujah.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
to execute on them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Sing to the LORD a New Song
8to bind their kings with chains and their nobles with shackles of iron, 9to execute the judgment written against them. This honor is for all His saints. Hallelujah!

Cross References
Revelation 19:15
And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.

Revelation 2:26-27
And to the one who overcomes and continues in My work until the end, I will give authority over the nations. / He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery—just as I have received authority from My Father.

Daniel 7:22
until the Ancient of Days arrived and pronounced judgment in favor of the saints of the Most High, and the time came for them to possess the kingdom.

1 Corinthians 6:2
Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?

Jude 1:14-15
Enoch, the seventh from Adam, also prophesied about them: “Behold, the Lord is coming with myriads of His holy ones / to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

Isaiah 24:21-22
In that day the LORD will punish the host of heaven above and the kings of the earth below. / They will be gathered together like prisoners in a pit. They will be confined to a dungeon and punished after many days.

2 Thessalonians 1:6-8
After all, it is only right for God to repay with affliction those who afflict you, / and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus.

Matthew 19:28
Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Revelation 3:21
To the one who overcomes, I will grant the right to sit with Me on My throne, just as I overcame and sat down with My Father on His throne.

Psalm 2:8-9
Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession. / You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”

Isaiah 41:15-16
Behold, I will make you into a threshing sledge, new and sharp, with many teeth. You will thresh the mountains and crush them, and reduce the hills to chaff. / You will winnow them, and a wind will carry them away; a gale will scatter them. But you will rejoice in the LORD; you will glory in the Holy One of Israel.

Jeremiah 51:20-23
“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. / With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. ...

Revelation 20:4
Then I saw the thrones, and those seated on them had been given authority to judge. And I saw the souls of those who had been beheaded for their testimony of Jesus and for the word of God, and those who had not worshiped the beast or its image and had not received its mark on their foreheads or hands. And they came to life and reigned with Christ for a thousand years.

Luke 22:29-30
And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me, / so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Isaiah 60:12
For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.


Treasury of Scripture

To execute on them the judgment written: this honor have all his saints. Praise you the LORD.

to execute

Psalm 137:8
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.

Deuteronomy 7:1,2
When the LORD thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; …

Deuteronomy 32:42,43
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy…

this honour

Psalm 148:14
He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD.

1 Corinthians 6:2,3
Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters? …

Revelation 3:21
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.

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to execute the judgment written against them
This phrase speaks to the fulfillment of divine justice. The Hebrew root for "execute" is "עָשָׂה" (asah), which means to do, make, or carry out. It implies an active role in bringing about God's decrees. The "judgment written" suggests a preordained plan or decree, possibly referring to the laws and prophecies found in the Scriptures. Historically, this could be seen as a call for the Israelites to uphold God's justice against nations that opposed His will. In a broader spiritual sense, it reflects the ultimate triumph of God's righteousness over evil, a theme consistent throughout the Bible.

This honor is for all His saints
The word "honor" in Hebrew is "הָדָר" (hadar), which conveys a sense of glory, majesty, or splendor. It is significant that this honor is not reserved for a select few but is for "all His saints." The term "saints" comes from the Hebrew "חָסִיד" (chasid), meaning faithful or holy ones. This indicates that all who are devoted to God and live according to His statutes share in this privilege. It underscores the communal aspect of faith, where every believer is called to participate in God's redemptive work. This is a powerful reminder of the dignity and responsibility bestowed upon the followers of God.

Hallelujah!
The verse concludes with "Hallelujah," a Hebrew expression meaning "Praise the Lord." This exclamation is a call to worship and a response of joy and gratitude for God's righteous acts. It serves as a fitting conclusion to the psalm, encapsulating the themes of divine justice, the honor of the saints, and the ultimate praise due to God. The use of "Hallelujah" here is both a declaration and an invitation for all believers to join in the celebration of God's sovereignty and faithfulness. It is a timeless reminder of the joy found in serving and glorifying the Lord.

(9) The judgment written.--If we knew the exact circumstance which produced the psalm, and had the names of the nobles and princes taken prisoners, we should easily guess at the contents of the "judgment written," which was, perhaps, some special order, the carrying out of which is celebrated here; or we may think of the judgments against the nation registered here and there in the sacred books, and so by prescription made legitimate, such as that of the Canaanites, Amalekites, &c; or we may give the phrase a still more general sense, as in Isaiah 65:6 : "Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom." Ought we not, however, to read the verse: To execute judgment upon them. It is written, This honour have all his saints.

This honour.--Israel is here regarded as the instrument of God's righteous judgments on the heathen.

Verse 9. - To execute upon them the judgment written. The allusion is probably to Deuteronomy 32:41, 42, where God announces the judgments that he will execute upon the oppressors of his people. This honor have all his saints; rather, a glory is this to all his saints. "The victories of their Lord reflect glory on all his faithful and devoted servants" (Kay.). Praise ye the Lord (comp. ver. 1).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
to execute
לַעֲשׂ֤וֹת (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the judgment
מִשְׁפָּ֬ט (miš·pāṭ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4941: A verdict, a sentence, formal decree, divine law, penalty, justice, privilege, style

written [against them].
כָּת֗וּב (kā·ṯūḇ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 3789: To grave, to write

This
ה֭וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

honor
הָדָ֣ר (hā·ḏār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1926: Magnificence, ornament, splendor

is for all
לְכָל־ (lə·ḵāl)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

His saints.
חֲסִידָ֗יו (ḥă·sî·ḏāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2623: Kind, pious

Hallelujah!
הַֽלְלוּ־ (hal·lū-)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 1984: To shine


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