Psalms 47:4 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob, whom he loved - i:e., He shall choose it anew for us, by recovering it from the usurping enemy (2 Chronicles 20:11). Compare on the "inheritance," Isaiah 58:14; Deuteronomy 4:38. "The excellency of Jacob" is explanatory of "our inheritance;" 'a land which God had espied for them,' flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands (Ezekiel 20:6), the possession of which Israel might well be proud, on account of the grace shown by God in giving it (Nahum 2:2; Amos 6:8). "Whom he loved" implies that God's everlasting LOVE is the ground of HIS choosing their inheritance for them (Psalms 78:68; Malachi 1:2).

Psalms 47:4

4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.