Tehilim Perek 149

Hello everybody. Today’s NachDaily will discuss Tehilim Chapter 149. We continue in the Pesukei D’zimra as we wind down with the last two chapters in Tehilim.

This chapter was said about the final redemption. Every single member of the Jewish nation is loved by Hashem. Yes, Hashem loves you! The author urges everyone, “Shiru l’Hashem shir chadosh – Sing a new song to God.” It’s not going to be enough to keep on singing the old songs. Am Yisrael is going to have to come up with new songs because of all the wonders He’s done for us.

“Tehilaso b’kahal chassidim – Hashem will be praised by the group of righteous people.” The Radak explains that this group refers to Am Yisrael. At the time of the final redemption, the world will be filled with the knowledge of God like waters that cover the earth. The true nature and character of our nation will then be realized as it will be revealed that all of Am Yisrael is really righteous.

The perek continues to relate in a joyous and celebratory manner how at the end of the final redemption all will sing to God. The nations of the world will stand in judgement by God and all will praise Him.

Verse 3 says:

יְהַֽלְל֣וּ שְׁמ֣וֹ בְמָח֑וֹל בְּתֹ֥ף וְ֝כִנּ֗וֹר יְזַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃

Let them praise His name in dance; with drums and lyre let them chant His praises.

The word Machol means to dance. Everyone will be dancing in front of Hashem, but the world Machol also means to be mochel, to forgive. Precisely through our dancing, Am Yisrael will come obtain the complete forgiveness of our entire galus experience. The happiness we’re going to experience at the end of the final redemption will be so exhilarating that all sick people will be healed.

This is also why the world Machol contains the world choleh, sick person. Reaching forgiveness through our dancing will cause us to be healed from all the maladies that we’ve picked up over 2,000 years of exile.

Hashem will be at the rosh choleh, head of the sick person, at the head of Am Yisrael who will experience healing at the end of the final redemption. As the Navi Yeshaya says, the blind will be able to see and the crippled will be able to walk. There will be so much love, joy, happiness and sincerity. All will dance in a Machel, circle, which will cause us to be mochel, forgiven, which will cause all the cholim, sick people, to be healed.

May we merit reaching the final redemption, when the world will be filled with knowledge of God like the waters that cover the earth. When there will be no more war on His holy mountain. When the art of war will no longer be practiced, all sick will be healed, all suffering will turn into joy, and all death will end forever. We will see ‘hekitzu v’ranenu shochney afar, all the dead will come back to life’ with techiyas hameisyim. We will dance together with the Tzaddikim of all time.

Only one perek left to finish Tehilim!

Thank you for listening, and have a wonderful day.