Psalms 47:7
For God is the King of all the earth. Sing ye praises with understanding.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
In Context
6Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
8God reigns over the nations. God sits upon his holy throne.
Cross References
Psalms 30:5For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy [is] in the morning.
Psalms 47:8God reigns over the nations. God sits upon his holy throne.
1 Corinthians 14:14For if I pray in a tongue my spirit prays, but my intellect is unfruitful.
Revelation 11:15And the seventh agent sounded, and great voices occurred in heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world has become of our Lord, and of his Christ, and he will reign into the ages of the ages.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 47:6-9
Exhortation to Praise God. 5 God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. 7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. 8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. We are here most earnestly… Read the whole commentary →