Psalms 47:4

Psalms 47:4

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2 For the Lord Most High is awesome;
He is a great ^aKing over all the earth.

3 ^aHe will subdue the peoples under us,
And the nations under our feet.

4 He will choose our ^ainheritance for us,
The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah

5 ^aGod has gone up with a shout,
The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises!
Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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He shall . . . inheritance—the heathen to be possessed by His Church (Psalms 2:8), as Canaan by the Jews.

excellency of Jacob—literally, "pride," or, that in which he glories (not necessarily, though often, in a bad sense), the privileges of the chosen people—

whom he loved—His love being the sole cause of granting them.

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