Psalms 47:4
In her houses, God will be known, since he will support her.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
In Context
5For behold, the kings of the earth have been gathered together; they have convened as one.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 11:12And the Lord your God always visits it, and his eyes are upon it, from the beginning of the year, all the way to its end.
Psalms 16:3You have tested my heart and visited it by night. You have examined me by fire, and iniquity has not been found in me.
Isaiah 60:15For though you were forsaken, and held in hatred, and there was no one who would pass near you, I will establish you as an everlasting glory, as a gladness from generation to generation.
Ezekiel 20:6in that day, I lifted up my hand for their sake, so that I would lead them away from the land of Egypt, into a land which I had provided for them, flowing with milk and honey, which was singular among all lands.
Amos 6:8The Lord God has sworn by his own soul, the Lord God of hosts says: I detest the arrogance of Jacob, and I hate his houses, and I will hand over the city with its inhabitants.
Nahum 2:2For the Lord has repaid the arrogance of Jacob, just like the arrogance of Israel. For the despoilers have scattered them, and they have corrupted their procreation.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 47:2-5
Exhortation to Praise God. 1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. The psalmist, having his own heart filled with great and good thoughts of God, endeavours to engage all about him in the blessed work of praise, as one convinced that God is… Read the whole commentary →