Psalm 149:5

 Psalm 149:5

Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

a. NLT: Let the faithful rejoice that he honors them. Let them sing for joy as they lie on their beds. [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: Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

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

c. YLT: Exult do saints in honour, They sing aloud on their beds. [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: Let the saints be joyful in the glory and beauty [which God confers upon them]; let them sing for joy upon their beds. [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: Let the devout exult in glory, let them sing joyously upon their beds. [The Artscroll Tanach Series/Tehillum/Psalms, PERSONAL SIZE EDITION Copyright 1977, 1985, 1996 by Mesorah Publications, Ldt.]

1. “Let the saints be joyful in glory…”

a. [Let the] saints [Strong: 2623 chaciyd khaw-seed' from 2616; properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint):--godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un- )godly.]

b. [be] joyful [Strong: 5937 `alaz aw-laz' a primitive root; to jump for joy, i.e. exult:--be joyful, rejoice, triumph.]

c. [in] glory [Strong: 3519 kabowd kaw-bode' rarely kabod {kaw-bode'}; from 3513; properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousness:--glorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).]

2. “...let them sing aloud upon their beds.”

a. [let them] sing aloud [Strong: 7442 ranan raw-nan' a primitive root; properly, to creak (or emit a stridulous sound), i.e. to shout (usually for joy):--aloud for joy, cry out, be joyful (greatly, make to) rejoice, (cause to) shout (for joy), (cause to) sing (aloud, for joy, out), triumph.]

b. upon [Strong: 5921 `al al properly, the same as 5920 used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications (as follow):--above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, X as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, X both and, by (reason of), X had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-)on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, X with.]

c. [their] beds [Strong: 4904 mishkab mish-kawb' from 7901; a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercourse:--bed((-chamber)), couch, lieth (lying) with.]

1). Authority and warfare can be waged and declared while in bed.