Psalms 47:7
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Psalms 47:7 in other translations
| BSB | For God is King of all the earth; sing profound praises to Him. |
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| WEB | For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding. |
| ASV | For God is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding. |
| YLT | For king of all the earth is God, Give praise, O understanding one. |
| DARBY | For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding. |
| BBE | For God is the King of all the earth; make songs of praise with knowledge. |
| Webster | For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. |
What does Psalms 47:7 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 47:5-7
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).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 47:5-9
Praise is a duty in which we ought to be frequent and abundant. But here is a needful rule; Sing ye praises with understanding. As those that understand why and for what reasons they praise God, and what is the meaning of the service. It is not an acceptable service, if it is not a reasonable service. We are never to forget the end of Messiah's exaltation, so continually do the prophets dwell upon the conversion of…
Psalms 47:7 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 47:7
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 14:14-15
For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with the understanding also: I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also.
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Context
- Psalms 47:6
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
- Psalms 47:7
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
- Psalms 47:8
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
Psalms 47:7 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque Dios es el Rey de toda la tierra: cantad con inteligencia. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Chantez Dieu, chantez; chantez à notre roi, chantez; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn Gott ist König der ganzen Erde; singet Psalmen mit Einsicht! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Tremor apprehendit eos; ibi dolores ut parturientis: |