Psalms 47 · Verse 4

Psalms 47:4

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
Psalms 47:4, King James Version

Psalms 47:4 in other translations

BSBHe chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
WEBHe chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
ASVHe chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. [Selah
YLTHe doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.
DARBYHe hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
BBEHe will give us our heritage, the glory of Jacob who is dear to him. (Selah.)
WebsterHe shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellence of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

What does Psalms 47:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. He shall ... inheritance--the heathen to be possessed by His Church (Psa 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 47:1-4

The people exhorted to praise God. Verses 1-4 The God with whom we have to do, is a God of awful majesty. The universal and absolute sovereignty of a holy God would be too terrible for us even to think of, were it not exercised by his Son from a mercy-seat; but now it is only terrible to the workers of iniquity. While his people express confidence and joy, and animate each other in serving him, let sinners submit to…

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Psalms 47:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יִבְחַר\־yiv.char-he choosesH977
לָ֥נוּLa.nufor us
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
נַחֲלָתֵ֑נוּna.cha.la.Te.nuinheritance ourH5159
אֶ֥ת'et<obj.>H853
גְּא֨וֹןge.'on[the] pride ofH1347
יַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoJacobH3290
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whomH834
אָהֵ֣ב'a.Hevhe lovedH157
סֶֽלָה\׃Se.lahSelahH5542

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 47:4

  • 1 Peter 1:4

    To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you,

  • Nahum 2:2

    For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

  • Amos 6:8

    The Lord God hath sworn by himself, saith the Lord the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein.

  • 1 John 4:9-10

    In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

  • Amos 8:7

    The Lord hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.

  • Hosea 14:4

    I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

  • Ephesians 2:4-5

    But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us, Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)

  • Jeremiah 3:19

    But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou shalt call me, My father; and shalt not turn away from me.

  • Isaiah 60:15

    Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.

  • Deuteronomy 7:6-8

    For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  • Malachi 1:2

    I have loved you, saith the Lord. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the Lord: yet I loved Jacob,

  • Ephesians 1:18

    The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
choose.
De 11:12; Jer 3:19; Eze 20:6; Mt 25:34; 1Co 3:22,23; Eph 1:18
1Pe 1:4
excellency.
16:3; Isa 60:15; Am 6:8; 8:7; Na 2:2
whom.
De 7:6-8; 33:3; Ho 14:4; Mal 1:2; Eph 2:4,5; 1Jo 4:9,10

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Context

  • Psalms 47:3

    He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

  • Psalms 47:4

    He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

  • Psalms 47:5

    God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

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Psalms 47:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El nos elegirá nuestras heredades; la hermosura de Jacob, al cual amó. (Selah.)
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Il assujettit les peuples sous nous, et les peuplades sous nos pieds.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Er erwählte für uns unser Erbteil, den Stolz Jakobs, den er geliebt hat.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Deus in domibus ejus cognoscetur cum suscipiet eam.