1 For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph. 2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth! 3 He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet. 4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah 5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises! 7 For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise. 8 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne. 9 The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
Psalms · Majority Standard Bible
Psalm 47 Majority Standard Bible
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- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
Cross references (9)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 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)