“ God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. ”
God reigneth over the heathen - Over the “nations;” not over the “heathen” in the sense in which that term is understood now. It does not mean that God reigns, or that he has set up his throne ov...
XLVII. Joy of all Mankind in Yahweh. All nations are invited to rejoice in Yahweh's exaltation. It seems strange that they should be expected to rejoice in their own defeat; but this is explained b...
reigneth . hath become king. heathen . nations. throne of His holiness . His holy Throne. Genitive of Character.
8. He hath obtained the kingdom over the heathen Literally it is, He hath reigned; but as the verb מלך, malach, is in the past tense, which in Hebrew denotes a continued act, we have...
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. God reigneth over the heathen - Though this is literally true in God's universal dominion, yet more is here meant. God reig...
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. No JFB commentary on this verse.
This Ps., though akin to Psalms 46, 48, is less definitely historical, and simply summons the earth to join in a chorus of praise to God as the victorious King, not only of Israel, but of all the nat...
Psalms 47:1-9 THE closing thought of Psalms 46:1-11 is nobly expanded in this jubilant summons to all nations to praise Jehovah as their King. Both psalms have a similar, and probably the same,...
“King over All the Earth” Psalms 47:1-9 This psalm may have been sung in the valley of Berachah, where Jehoshaphat celebrated his victory over the Moabites. See 2 Chronicles 20:1-37 . When som...
This is a song of the sovereignty of God. In the Hebrew ceremonial it was pre-eminently the song of the New Year, being repeated seven times ere the sounding of the trumpets which announce the feast....
How beautiful, and especially to us poor Gentiles, is the view, that the Holy Ghost, for the most part, always blends with the relation of Israel's salvation, the interest the Gentile church hath in...
God reigneth over the Heathen ,.... He reigned over Israel under the former dispensation, and now he reigns over the Gentiles under the Gospel dispensation; as appears by the numerous instances of c...
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Ver. 8. God reigneth over the heathen ] This is his universal kingdom, whereof before, Psalms 47:7 , and yet never ca...
God reigneth over the heathen Over all heathen nations. He is not only our King, and therefore we owe our homage to him, but he is King of all the earth, Psalms 47:7 , and therefore in every pla...
Exhortation to Praise God. 5 God is gone up with a shout, the L ORD with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to G...
Over the heathen, i.e. over all heathen nations, as being the King of all the earth , Psalms 47:7 ; which was not true in David's time, but; was fulfilled by Christ. God sitteth upon the thron...
The Psalmist Sees YHWH As Having Received His Acclamation As King Over All The Earth And Over All Peoples ( Psalms 47:5-9 ). In this second part of the Psalm we are introduced to the triumph cerem...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah.” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . The author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are alike...
Psalms 47:1-9 . O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth. He shall subdue the people und...
This is the song which the sons of Korah sung before the ark, when it was removed from the city of David to its place in the temple. 2 Chronicles 7 2 Chronicles 7 . The ark being a type of Christ,...
O clap your hands, all ye people. Messianic triumph predicted The psalmist looked far ahead. His immediate experience was as “a little window through which he saw great matters.” The prophecy o...
EXPOSITION THIS is a song of praise to God, as the King of the whole earth. It has been called "one of the accession psalms," because it depicts God as assuming his kingdom, and taking his s...
The Messiah in the Glory of His Exaltation. To the chief musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah, written by one of their number at the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, as a prophecy of the victory...
1 Chronicles 16:31 ; Hebrews 4:16 ; Psalms 110:6 ; Psalms 22:27-29 ; Psalms 45:6 ; Psalms 45:7 ; Psalms 48:1 ; Psalms 89:14 ; Psalms 9:4 ; Psalms 93:1 ; Psalms 94:20 ; Psalms 96:10 ; Psa...
The throne — Heaven is often called God's throne, whence God is said to behold and to rule all nations; of which general dominion of God, he here speaks. And Christ sits at his father's right — han...