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Psalm 47
- Purpose
- To offer praise and prayer to God, to supply God’s people with texts for worship, and to provide reflection on the sovereignty of God and some of life’s toughest questions
- Author
- Various; nearly half are linked with David
- Date
- Written over the course of many centuries; the process of collecting and editing was likely completed after the Babylonian exile
- Setting
- Varied, but a postexilic setting accounts for much of the editorial activity and grouping of the psalms
Psalms has 36,194 words: about 2 hours 32 minutes to read, or 4 hours 18 minutes to listen to. Read it from the start or listen from the start.
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To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
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Footnotes
Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples
For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
1Clap your hands, all you peoples;shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
2How awesome is the LORD Most High,the great King over all the earth! 3He subdues nations beneath us,and peoples under our feet. 4He chooses our inheritance for us,the pride of Jacob, whom He loves.Selah 5God has ascended amid shouts of joy,the LORD with the sound of the horn. 6Sing praises to God, sing praises;sing praises to our King, sing praises! 7For God is King of all the earth;sing to Him a psalm of praise.footnote a
8God reigns over the nations;God is seated on His holy throne. 9The nobles of the nations have assembledas the people of the God of Abraham;for the shields of the earth belong to God;He is highly exalted.
Footnotes
- a 47:7 Or sing a Maskil of praise or sing praises with understanding
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