Psalms 47:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

Psalms 47:7 —

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Zechariah 14:9
And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Psalms 47:8
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Psalms 47:2
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
Revelation 11:15
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.

Topics

Atheism Attributes of God Doxology God Guidance Happiness Joy Lord

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. 7)

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).