Psalms 47:6 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

Psalms 47:6 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Matthew 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Psalms 68:4
Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
Isaiah 33:22
For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Psalms 117:1-2
O praise the LORD, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. …
Psalms 145:1
David's Psalm of praise. I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-9)

We are here most earnestly pressed to praise God, and to sing his praises; so backward are we to this duty that we have need to be urged to it by precept upon precept, and line upon line; so we are here (Ps. 47:6): Sing praises to God, and again, Sing praises, Sing praises to our King, and again, Sing praises. This intimates that it is a very necessary and excellent duty, that it is a duty we ough…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 6)

5-7. God, victorious over His enemies, reascends to heaven, amid the triumphant praises of His people, who celebrate His sovereign dominion. This sovereignty is what the Psalm teaches; hence he adds, sing ... praises with understanding--literally, “sing and play an instructive (Psalm).” The whole typifies Christ’s ascension (compare Psa 68:18).