Psalms 149:4

In 11 translations

BSB

For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

KJV

For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

WEB

For Yahweh takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

ASV

For Jehovah taketh pleasure in his people: He will beautify the meek with salvation.

LSV

For YHWH is pleased with His people, || He beautifies the humble with salvation.

YLT

For Jehovah is pleased with His people, He beautifieth the humble with salvation.

DBY

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

DRC

For the Lord is well pleased with his people: and he will exalt the meek unto salvation.

GNV

For the Lord hath pleasure in his people: he will make the meeke glorious by deliuerance.

JPS

For the LORD taketh pleasure in His people; He adorneth the humble with salvation.

LXXE

For the Lord takes pleasure in his people; and will exalt the meek with salvation.

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Original-language editions

WLC

כִּֽי־רוֹצֶ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה בְּעַמּ֑וֹ יְפָאֵ֥ר עֲ֝נָוִ֗ים בִּישׁוּעָֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ὅτι εὐδοκεῖ Κύριος ἐν λαῷ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑψώσει πρᾳεῖς ἐν σωτηρίᾳ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 147:11The LORD is pleased with those who fear Him, who hope in His loving devotion.
• Psalms 35:27May those who favor my vindication shout for joy and gladness; may they always say, “Exalted be the LORD who delights in His servant’s well-being.”
• 1 Peter 3:4but from the inner disposition of your heart, the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.
• Psalms 132:16I will clothe her priests with salvation, and her saints will sing out in joy.
• Zephaniah 3:17The LORD your God is among you; He is mighty to save. He will rejoice over you with gladness; He will quiet you with His love; He will rejoice over you with singing.”
• Psalms 22:8“He trusts in the LORD, let the LORD deliver him; let the LORD rescue him, since He delights in him.”
• Psalms 117:2For great is His loving devotion toward us, and the faithfulness of the LORD endures forever. Hallelujah!
• Jeremiah 32:41Yes, I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will faithfully plant them in this land with all My heart and with all My soul.
• Proverbs 11:20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
• Isaiah 61:10I will rejoice greatly in the LORD, my soul will exult in my God; for He has clothed me with garments of salvation and wrapped me in a robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom wears a priestly headdress, as a bride…
• 1 Peter 5:5Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because, “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”
• Hebrews 12:10Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.
• Psalms 90:17May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!
• Isaiah 61:1–3The Spirit of the Lord GOD is on Me, because the LORD has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the prisoners, to…
• Revelation 7:14“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
• Isaiah 62:4–5No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride. For as a young man…

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