King James Version

Psalms 149:5

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

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יַעְלְז֣וּyalezvrejoiceעָלַזverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “rejoice”, an unfinished actionH5937to jump for joy, i.e. exultbe joyful, rejoice, triumph.חֲסִידִ֣יםchasidimsaintחָסִידadjective, adjective, masculine, plural, absolute — “saint”, the ordinary formH2623properly, kind, i.e. (religiously) pious (a saint)godly (man), good, holy (one), merciful, saint, (un-) godly.בְּכָב֑וֹדbekhavodin gloriousכָּבוֹדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “in glorious”, the ordinary formH3519properly, weight, but only figuratively in a good sense, splendor or copiousnessglorious(-ly), glory, honour(-able).יְ֝רַנְּנ֗וּyerannvshoutרָנַןverb, piel, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “shout”, an unfinished actionH7442properly, 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.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…מִשְׁכְּבוֹתָֽםmishkevotambedמִשְׁכָּבnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “bed”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4904a bed (figuratively, a bier); abstractly, sleep; by euphemism, carnal intercoursebed(-chamber), couch, lieth (lying) with.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Let the saints exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their beds.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Let the saints exult in glory: Let them sing for joy upon their beds.

Young’s Literal Translation

Exult do saints in honour, They sing aloud on their beds.

World English Bible

Let the saints rejoice in honor. Let them sing for joy on their beds.

Darby Translation

Let the godly exult in glory; let them shout for joy upon their beds.

Douay-Rheims

The saints shall rejoice in glory: they shall be joyful in their beds.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Let the saints exult in glory; let them sing for joy upon their beds.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

The saints shall rejoice in glory; and shall exult on their beds.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καυχήσονται ὅσιοι ἐν δόξῃ, καὶ ἀγαλλιάσονται ἐπὶ τῶν κοιτῶν αὐτῶν.