Psalms 149:4

WEB

⁴For the LORD takes pleasure in his people. He crowns the humble with salvation.

KJV

⁴For the LORD^[+] taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

BSB

⁴For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation.

FBV

⁴For the Lord enjoys his people; he honors the oppressed with salvation.

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Extra References

Psalms 147:11

¹¹The LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his loving kindness.

1 Peter 3:4

⁴but from the hidden person of the heart, in the incorruptible adornment of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is very precious in God’s sight.

Psalms 35:27

²⁷Let those who favor my righteous cause shout for joy and be glad. Yes, let them say continually, “May the LORD be magnified, who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!”

Psalms 132:16

¹⁶I will also clothe her priests with salvation. Her saints will shout aloud for joy.

Zephaniah 3:17

¹⁷The LORD, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.

Psalms 22:8

⁸“He trusts in the LORD. Let him deliver him. Let him rescue him, since he delights in him.”

Psalms 117:2

²For his loving kindness is great toward us. The LORD’s faithfulness endures forever. Praise the LORD!

Jeremiah 32:41

⁴¹Yes, 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.”

¹⁰I will greatly rejoice in the LORD! My soul will be joyful in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation. He has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself with a garland and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels.

Proverbs 11:20

²⁰Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.