The Psalms - Psalm 149
Adorned with Victory
by Rev. Jim Jester
July 13, 2025
SCRIPTURE READING: Exodus 15:1-5
Psalm149 was probably composed soon after the return from the captivity in Babylon. It is filled with the spirit of intense joy and hope, which must have been natural for God’s covenant people at that period of time. Men of strong faith and loyalty must have felt that the restoration of the people to their own land, was seen as proof of Divine favor, and that it could be regarded as a pledge of a great future yet to come for the nation.
This psalm expresses the praises of God’s people for how they were delivered from Egyptian bondage. The first song in the Bible (Ex. 15:1-18, which we read in part), sang by Moses and Miriam, goes into great detail about this deliverance; much of which is touched on in other psalms.