Psalms 47 (GNV)

Chapter Text

47:1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. All people clap your hands: sing loude vnto God with a ioyfull voyce.

47:2 For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King ouer all the earth.

47:3 He hath subdued the people vnder vs, and the nations vnder our feete.

47:4 Hee hath chosen our inheritance for vs: euen the glory of Iaakob whom he loued. Selah.

47:5 God is gone vp with triumph, euen the Lord, with the sound of the trumpet.

47:6 Sing prayses to God, sing prayses: sing prayses vnto our King, sing prayses.

47:7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing prayses euery one that hath vnderstanding.

47:8 God reigneth ouer the heathen: God sitteth vpon his holy throne.

47:9 The princes of the people are gathered vnto the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the world belong to God: he is greatly to be exalted.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "world", "excelleth", "psalme", "committed", "sonnes", "korah", "people", and "clap". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "world" and "excelleth", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local GNV text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "world" and "excelleth" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "world" and "excelleth" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.