1 To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah. O make a glad noise with your hands, all you peoples; letting your voices go up to God with joy. 2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He will put down the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.) 5 God has gone up with a glad cry, the Lord with the sound of the horn. 6 Give praises to God, make songs of praise; give praises to our King, make songs of praise. 7 For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of praise with knowledge. 8 God is the ruler over the nations; God is on the high seat of his holy rule. 9 The rulers of the peoples have come together, with the people of the God of Abraham; because the powers of the earth are God's: he is lifted up on high.
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (9)
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- 1 Psalm 98:4; Jeremiah 31:7; Psalm 106:47; Psalm 46:1; Revelation 19:1–2
- 2 Psalm 95:3; Psalm 99:3; Malachi 1:14; Deuteronomy 7:21; Psalm 68:35
- 3 1 Corinthians 15:25; Psalm 18:47; Psalm 81:14; Psalm 110:1; Philippians 3:21
- 4 1 Peter 1:4; Nahum 2:2; Amos 6:8; 1 John 4:9–10; Amos 8:7
- 5 Psalm 68:33; Revelation 11:15; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Psalm 24:7–10
- 6 Matthew 25:34; Isaiah 12:4–6; Psalm 117:1–2; Psalm 68:4; Psalm 145:1
- 7 Zechariah 14:9; Colossians 3:16; Psalm 47:8; Psalm 47:2; Revelation 11:15
- 8 1 Chronicles 16:31; Revelation 19:6; Psalm 45:6–7; Psalm 93:1; Psalm 9:4
- 9 Psalm 89:18; Genesis 49:10; Psalm 72:7–9; Exodus 3:6; Genesis 17:7–8
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
It is called, "A Psalm, to the end, for the sons of Korah, for things secret." Secret is it then; but He Himself, who in the place of Calvary was crucified, ye know, hath rent the veil, that the secrets of the temple might be discovered.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
… King: "Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing ye praises with understanding." And that thou shouldest not understand Him to whom thou singest praises to reign in one part, he says, "For God is King of all the earth." And how is He King of all the earth, who appeared in one part of …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 7 (1888)
Remember what is distinctly written in the Psalms, God is gone up with a shout; remember that the divine powers also said to one another, Lift up your gates, ye Princes, and the rest; remember also the Psalm which says, He ascended on high, He led captivity captive; remember the Prophet who said, Who buildeth His ascension unto heaven; …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)