Psalms 47:4
he chooses our heritage for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
In Context
3He subdues the peoples under us, the nations under our feet;
5God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Cross References
Psalms 16:3Those who are holy in the land, they, they alone, are the noble ones; all my delight is in them.”
Amos 6:8The Lord God, the Lord, the God of hosts, has sworn by himself: I abhor the pride of Jacob, I hate his palaces, therefore I will deliver up the city and all that is in it to their enemies.
Nahum 2:2For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob and of Israel, though the devastators have plundered them and destroyed their vines.
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 →