The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 149:3

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Let them praise his Name in the dance (comp. Psalms 150:4). (On the employment of dancing by the Hebrews as a religious exercise, and in their most solemn acts of worship, see Exodus 15:20; 2 Samuel 6:14 -160.

Let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. (On the toph, or "timbrel," see the comment upon Psalms 68:25). It was used to accompany a hymn of rejoicing by Miriam (Exodus 15:20), by Jephthah's daughter ( 11:34), and by David (2 Samuel 6:5).

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