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Psalm 47 King James Version (with Apocrypha)

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Notes on this text (2)
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
2 For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the earth.
2 For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
3 He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
5 God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
6 Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!
7 For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
7 For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
8 God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, [even] the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth [belong] unto God: he is greatly exalted.
9 The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!
Cross references (9)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Psalm 98:4; Jeremiah 31:7; Psalm 106:47; Psalm 46:1; Revelation 19:1–2
  2. 2 Psalm 95:3; Psalm 99:3; Malachi 1:14; Deuteronomy 7:21; Psalm 68:35
  3. 3 1 Corinthians 15:25; Psalm 18:47; Psalm 81:14; Psalm 110:1; Philippians 3:21
  4. 4 1 Peter 1:4; Nahum 2:2; Amos 6:8; 1 John 4:9–10; Amos 8:7
  5. 5 Psalm 68:33; Revelation 11:15; 1 Corinthians 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:16; Psalm 24:7–10
  6. 6 Matthew 25:34; Isaiah 12:4–6; Psalm 117:1–2; Psalm 68:4; Psalm 145:1
  7. 7 Zechariah 14:9; Colossians 3:16; Psalm 47:8; Psalm 47:2; Revelation 11:15
  8. 8 1 Chronicles 16:31; Revelation 19:6; Psalm 45:6–7; Psalm 93:1; Psalm 9:4
  9. 9 Psalm 89:18; Genesis 49:10; Psalm 72:7–9; Exodus 3:6; Genesis 17:7–8

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XLVI)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 47:3–8 Augustine of Hippo, Tractates on the Gospel of John (Chapter III — 22-29)

    … 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)

  3. Quotes verse 47:5 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIV)

    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)