Psalms 149:2

“Let Israel rejoice in him that made him, etc.] Or, “in his Makers”f1972, Father, Son, and Spirit; as in (<183510>Job 35:10 <235405>Isaiah 54:5); see also (<211201>Ecclesiastes 12:1); for all three Persons had a concern in the creation of man at first, “let us make man”, etc. (<010126>Genesis 1:26); and have in the formation of every individual man; of the Israelites as men, and of them as a body politic and ecclesiastic, being raised up, constituted, and formed by the Lord in their civil and church state, and therefore had reason to rejoice in him, (<053206>Deuteronomy 32:6); and so have all the spiritual Israel of God, whom he has chosen, redeemed, and called; every Israelite indeed, all…”

“God had signalized His relation as a sovereign, in restoring them to their land.”

“Let Israel - The people of Israel; the Hebrew people; the people of God. Rejoice in him that made him - Him, who has made the people what they are. All that they have and are is to be traced to him, as really as the universe of matter is to be traced to his power. Their condition is not one of development, or one which is the result of their own wisdom, grace, or power. See the notes at Psalms 100:3 : “It is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves.” Compare Isaiah 54:5. Let the children of Zion - Those who dwell in Zion or Jerusalem. Be joyful in their King - In God as their king. (a) That they have a king, or that there is one to rule over them; (b) That they have such a king; one so…”

“rejoice: Psa 100:1-3, Psa 135:3, Psa 135:4; Deu 7:6, Deu 7:7, Deu 12:7; Sa1 12:22; Job 35:10; Isa 54:5 let the: Isa 52:7, Isa 62:11, Isa 62:12; Joe 2:23; Zac 9:9; Mat 21:5, Mat 25:34; Luk 19:27, Luk 19:38; Joh 19:15, Joh 19:19-22; Phi 3:3; Rev 19:6 Psalms 149:3”