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8God reigneth{H8804)} over the heathen: God sitteth{H8804)} upon the throne of his holiness.

Psalms 47:8

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Let the heavens be glad, and let the earth rejoice: and let men say among the nations, The LORD reigneth.

  • And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

  • For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

  • The LORD reigneth, he is clothed with majesty; the LORD is clothed with strength, wherewith he hath girded himself: the world also is stablished, that it cannot be moved.

  • He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.

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 o…

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