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 (f) is greatly exalted.
(f) He praises God's highness, for that he joins the great princes of the world (whom he calls shields) to the fellowship of his Church.
Verse Psalms 47:9. _THE PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER_] נדיבי עמים _nedibey ammim_. The _voluntary people _- the _princely,_ _noble_, or _free-willed people_; those who gladly receive t...
THE PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER - The marginal reading is, “The voluntary of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham.” The word rendered “princes” - נדיב _nâdı̂y...
Psalms 47 He is King Over All the Earth _ 1. In the midst of His people (Psalms 47:1)_ 2. The praise of His delivered people (Psalms 47:6) And now we see prophetically how the redeemed people clap...
XLVII. JOY OF ALL MANKIND IN YAHWEH. All nations are invited to rejoice in Yahweh's exaltation. It seems strange that they should be expected to rejoice in their own defeat; but this is explained by t...
EVEN. Perhaps better to supply Ellipsis (App-6): "[unto] the People", or "[to be]. People". See the Structure, and Compare Psalms 47:4. SHIELDS. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), for pri...
The final realisation of Jehovah's sovereignty over the world....
In the spirit of prophecy the Psalmist beholds the realisation of the hope expressed in Psalms 47:1. The nations acknowledge Jehovah's sovereignty. Cp. Psalms 102:22. As the representatives of the nat...
THE PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED— _The princes of the nations are incorporated with the God of Abraham;_ Mudge: with whom almost all the ancient versions and more modern translators agree. The v...
PSALMS 47 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Israel Invites the Nations to Rejoice in the Universal Kingship of Her God. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 47:1-2, The Invitation Itself, announcing the Central Fact of Jeho...
_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._ The princes of the people are gathered t...
47:9 peoples (a-5) people (a-11) _ Ammim_ . Psalms 7:8 . willing-hearted (e-2) Or 'The nobles,' 'liberal.' [with] (f-9) Or 'are joined unto.' see Genesis 49:10 . shields (g-22) See Note, Hosea 4:18 ....
This Ps., though akin to Psalms 46, 48, is less definitely historical, and simply summons the earth to join in a chorus of praise to God as the victorious King, not only of Israel, but of all the nati...
_Even_ THE PEOPLE] RV '_To be_ the people'—the Gentiles actually becoming the people of the true God. Possibly the right reading is, 'together with the people'—the Gentiles joining with the Jews in ho...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
THE SHIELDS OF THE EARTH — _i.e._, the princes just mentioned, as in Hosea 4:18; so LXX. and Vulg. (“strong ones”), which, however, they make the subject of the verb — “have been mightily exalted.”...
_[Psalms 47:10]_ נְדִ֘יבֵ֤י עַמִּ֨ים ׀ נֶאֱסָ֗פוּ עַם֮ אֱלֹהֵ֪י...
Psalms 47:1 THE closing thought of Psalms 46:1 is nobly expanded in this jubilant summons to all nations to praise Jehovah as their King. Both psalms have a similar, and probably the same, historical...
“KING OVER ALL THE EARTH” Psalms 47:1 This psalm may have been sung in the valley of Berachah, where Jehoshaphat celebrated his victory over the Moabites. See 2 Chronicles 20:1. When some great deliv...
This is a song of the sovereignty of God. In the Hebrew ceremonial it was pre-eminently the song of the New Year, being repeated seven times ere the sounding of the trumpets which announce the feast....
Seen. All the promises have been fulfilled. How could any one have thought that we should have been permitted to dedicate this temple under the patronage of the king of Persia? (1 Esdras vi. 8.) Who w...
REFLECTIONS HAIL! thou glorious, risen, ascended, and triumphant Saviour! Thou art indeed ascended up on high: Thou hath led captivity captive, and hast received gifts for men. Yea, Lord, for me, for...
How beautiful, and especially to us poor Gentiles, is the view, that the Holy Ghost, for the most part, always blends with the relation of Israel's salvation, the interest the Gentile church hath in t...
9_The princes of the peoples are gathered together. _The Psalmist enriches and amplifies by various expressions the preceding sentence. He again declares that the way in which God obtained dominion ov...
Psalms 47 only pursues this deliverance to its bright results for Israel according to God's glory in the earth. Jehovah is now a great King over all the earth (compare Zechariah 14). He subdues the na...
THE PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER,.... Not against Christ, as at his first coming, but to him, and to his church and people; even the great men of the earth, the kings and princes of it,...
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. Ver. 9. _The princes of the people are...
_The princes of the people_ The heads of the tribes; _even the people of the God of Abraham_ With all the people that worship him, who promised to give this country unto Abraham; _are gathered togethe...
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham, rather, to this people, the great and mighty ones of the earth joining the nation of Abraham's God, united with...
THE MESSIAH IN THE GLORY OF HIS EXALTATION. To the chief musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah, written by one of their number at the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, as a prophecy of the victory and...
THE PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER, EVEN THE PEOPLE OF THE GOD OF ABRAHAM: Or, the voluntary of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham...
5-9 Praise is a duty in which we ought to be frequent and abundant. But here is a needful rule; Sing ye praises with understanding. As those that understand why and for what reasons they praise God,...
THE PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE; either, 1. The heads of the tribes of Israel, who were gathered together to the tabernacle or temple upon solemn feasts. Or rather, 2. THE PRINCES (or _the voluntary_ or _wi...
Psalms 47:9 princes H5081 people H5971 together H622 (H8738) people H5971 God H430 Abraham H85 shields H4043 earth...
THE PSALMIST SEES YHWH AS HAVING RECEIVED HIS ACCLAMATION AS KING OVER ALL THE EARTH AND OVER ALL PEOPLES (PSALMS 47:5). In this second part of the Psalm we are introduced to the triumph ceremony foll...
Psalms 47:1. _O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us...
CONTENTS: The people exhorted to shout over God's triumphs. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Let all who know God and own His sceptre sing His praises forever; for while we dwell under the sha...
This is the song which the sons of Korah sung before the ark, when it was removed from the city of David to its place in the temple. 2 Chronicles 7 2 Chronicles 7. The ark being a type of Christ, it f...
_The shields of the earth belong unto God:_ GOD’S SHIELDS “The shields of the earth,” all veritable protectives, are the property of God, and are of His creation. But why do I require a shield? What...
_O clap your hands, all ye people._ MESSIANIC TRIUMPH PREDICTED The psalmist looked far ahead. His immediate experience was as “a little window through which he saw great matters.” The prophecy of th...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 47:1. This psalm celebrates God’s rule over all the earth (see note on 5:2). The promises to Abraham (Psalms
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 47:8 The psalm looks forward to the day when the Gentile PRINCES OF THE PEOPLES GATHER for worship AS THE PEOPLE OF THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, that is, the people to whom the blessing of...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah.” See Introduction to Psalms 42. The author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are alike unk...
EXPOSITION THIS is a song of praise to God, as the King of the whole earth. It has been called "one of the _accession _psalms," because it depicts God as assuming his kingdom, and taking his seat upon...
Psa 47:1-9 is a psalm for the New Year. This psalm is read seven times before the blowing of the trumpet to announce the holy day, the beginning of the Jewish New Year. O clap your hands, all ye peopl...
Exodus 3:15; Exodus 3:6; Galatians 3:29; Genesis 17:7; Genesis 17:8;...
The princes — The Gentiles, who were divided in their principles, and interests, and religions, are now united and gathered together to Christ, laying their scepters at his feet, and jointly owning hi...