Psalms · 9 verses
Psalms 47
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One verse commands four rounds of singing, as though a single summons might not quite contain the occasion: God is King, and the refrain keeps going.
The King over all the earthvv. 1–9
The psalm throws open the gates at once: every people is summoned to clap, shout, and acknowledge the awesome King Most High. His rule is described in wonderfully imperial terms—nations subdued, an inheritance chosen, and the pride of Jacob specially cherished. Then comes the grand ascent, complete with joyful shouting and the sound of the horn, after which the singers repeat their command four times in one breath. The horizon widens again: God reigns over nations, sits on the holy throne, and the nobles assemble as the people of the God of Abraham. Even the shields of the earth belong to him, which is a tidy way of making every last piece of military furniture answerable to the throne.
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Ps 47:1For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
Ps 47:2How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
Ps 47:3He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
Ps 47:4He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
Ps 47:5God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
Ps 47:6Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Ps 47:7For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.
Ps 47:8God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
Ps 47:9The 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.
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 139 passages were voted onto 9 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 1Psalms 98:4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
- 1Jeremiah 31:7For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’
- 1Psalms 106:47Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.
- 9Psalms 89:18Surely our shield belongs to the LORD, and our king to the Holy One of Israel.
- 7Zechariah 14:9On that day the LORD will become King over all the earth—the LORD alone, and His name alone.
- 81 Chronicles 16:31Let the heavens be glad, and the earth rejoice. Let them say among the nations, ‘The LORD reigns!’
- 9Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the staff from between his feet, until Shiloh comes and the allegiance of the nations is his.
- 1Revelation 19:1–2After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- 2Psalms 99:3Let them praise Your great and awesome name—He is holy!
- 2Psalms 95:3For the LORD is a great God, a great King above all gods.
- 41 Peter 1:4and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
- 6Isaiah 12:4–6and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted.
- 6Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- 9Psalms 72:7–9May the righteous flourish in his days and prosperity abound until the moon is no more.
- 12 Samuel 6:15while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
- 2Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the deceiver who has an acceptable male in his flock and vows to give it, but sacrifices a defective animal to the Lord. For I am a great King,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and My name is to be feared among the nations.’’
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