Psalm 149:7

Psalm 149:7

To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

a. NLT: to execute vengeance on the nations and punishment on the peoples, [Scripture quotations marked (NLT) are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2007. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.]

b. ASV: To execute vengeance upon the nations, And punishments upon the peoples;

 [Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.]

c. YLT: To do vengeance among nations, Punishments among the peoples. [The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.]

d. Classic Amplified: To wreak vengeance upon the nations and chastisement upon the peoples, [Amplified Bible, Classic Edition (AMPC) Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation]

e. Tehillim, Psalms: Commentary From Talmudic, Midrashic And Rabbinic Sources: To execute vengeance among the peoples, rebukes among the nations. [The Artscroll Tanach Series/Tehillim/Psalms, PERSONAL SIZE EDITION Copyright 1977, 1985, 1996 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

1. To execute vengeance upon the heathen

a. [To] execute [Strong: 6213 `asah aw-saw' a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows):--accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.] [Gesenius: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.]  

b. vengeance [Strong: 5360 nqamah nek-aw-maw' feminine of 5359; avengement, whether the act of the passion:--+ avenge, revenge(-ing), vengeance.] [Gesenius: vengeance, vengeance (by God, by Israel, by enemies of Israel).]

c. [upon the] heathen [Strong: 1471 gowy go'-ee rarely (shortened) goy {go'-ee}; apparently from the same root as 1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts:--Gentile, heathen, nation, people.]

2. “...and punishments upon the people;”

a. [and] punishments [Strong: 8433 towkechah to-kay-khaw' and towkachath {to-kakh'-ath}; from 3198; chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence):--argument, X chastened, correction, reasoning, rebuke, reproof, X be (often) reproved.]

b. upon [Strong: 1077 bal bal from 1086; properly, a failure; by implication nothing; usually (adverb) not at all; also lest:--lest, neither, no, none (that...), not (any), nothing.]

c. [the] people [Strong: 3816 lom leh-ome' or l owm {leh-ome'}; from an unused root meaning to gather; a community:--nation, people.]