Psalms 149:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־רוֹצֶ֣ה יְהוָ֣ה בְּעַמּ֑וֹ יְפָאֵ֥ר עֲ֝נָוִ֗ים בִּישׁוּעָֽה׃

Transliteration

kî-rôṣeh YHWH in-ʿammô yəp̄āʾēr ʿănāwîm in-yəšûʿāh

Grammar Details

• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *rôṣeh*: participle, masculine singular, qal - delighting/taking pleasure
• *YHWH*: divine name - YHWH/the LORD
• *ʿammô*: noun, masculine singular + 3rd masculine singular suffix with preposition bet - in his people
• *yəp̄āʾēr*: imperfect, 3rd masculine singular, piel - he will beautify/adorn
• *ʿănāwîm*: adjective, masculine plural - humble ones/afflicted ones
• *yəšûʿāh*: noun, feminine singular with preposition bet - with salvation/deliverance

Word Meanings

• *rôṣeh*: delights in/takes pleasure in/is pleased with
• *ʿammô*: his people/his nation/his folk
• *yəp̄āʾēr*: beautify/adorn/glorify
• *ʿănāwîm*: humble ones/poor ones/afflicted ones/meek ones
• *yəšûʿāh*: salvation/deliverance/victory/help

Referenced Verses

• Ps 132:16 : 16 I will also clothe her priests with salvation: and her saints shall shout aloud for joy.
• Ps 147:11 : 11 The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy.
• Ps 35:27 : 27 Let them shout for joy, and be glad{H8799)}, that favour my righteous cause: yea, let them say{H8799)} continually, Let the LORD be magnified{H8799)}, which hath pleasure in the prosperity of his servant.
• Ps 90:17 : 17 And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: and establish{H8786)} thou the work of our hands upon us; yea, the work of our hands establish{H8786)} thou it.
• Ps 117:2 : 2 For his merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the LORD endureth for ever. Praise ye the LORD.
• Ps 22:8 : 8 He trusted on the LORD that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
• Prov 11:20 : 20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
• Isa 61:1-3 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound; 2 To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn; 3 To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.
• Isa 61:10 : 10 I will greatly rejoice in the LORD, 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 ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
• Isa 62:4-5 : 4 Thou 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 the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married. 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin, so shall thy sons marry thee: and as the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee.
• Jer 32:41 : 41 Yea, 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.
• Zeph 3:17 : 17 The LORD 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.
• Heb 12:10 : 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
• 1 Pet 3:4 : 4 But let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
• Rev 7:14 : 14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.