Psalms 47:8

God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

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Related Commentaries of Psalms 47:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 th...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 re...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

reigneth . hath become king. heathen . nations. throne of His holiness . His holy Throne. Genitive of Character.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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,...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 un...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 victo...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Reigneth.. sitteth ] better, 'hath become king.. hath taken his seat.'
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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. B...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 s...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

God reigneth over the Heathen ,.... He reigned over Israel under the former dispensation, and now he reigns over the Gentiles under the Gospel dispe...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. Ver. 8. God reigneth over the heathen ] This is his universal kingdo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Praise God. 5 God is gone up with a shout, the L ORD...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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; wa...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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 o...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah.” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . The author of the psalm, an...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 47:1-5 . 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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

O clap your hands, all ye people. Messianic triumph predicted The psalmist looked far ahead. His immediate experience was as “a little window t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 dep...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 inspiratio...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

God reigneth over the heathen, the reign of the exalted Christ, in the Kingdom of Power. extends over the entire universe; God sitteth upon the thro...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 s...

⁸ God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 47:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 47:8