English Standard Version
Psalms 47:4
4He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
Psalms 47:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah
- New Living Translation (NLT)He chose the Promised Land as our inheritance, the proud possession of Jacob’s descendants, whom he loves. Interlude
Context of Psalms 47:4
2For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. 3He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah 5God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. 6Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
Read all of Psalms 47Psalms 47:4 word by word
יִבְחַר־לָ֥נוּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֵ֑נוּ אֶ֥ת גְּא֨וֹן יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁר־אָהֵ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 47:4
- Deuteronomy 11:12a land that the Lord your God cares for. The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
- Jeremiah 3:19"'I said, How I would set you among my sons, and give you a pleasant land, a heritage most beautiful of all nations. And I thought you would call me, My Father, and would not turn from following me.
- Ezekiel 20:6On that day I swore to them that I would bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, a land flowing with milk and honey, the most glorious of all lands.
- Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on his right, 'Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- 1 Corinthians 3:22whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
- Ephesians 1:18having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,
- 1 Peter 1:4to an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, kept in heaven for you,
- Psalms 16:3As for the saints in the land, they are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.
- Isaiah 60:15Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, with no one passing through, I will make you majestic forever, a joy from age to age.
- Amos 6:8The Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord, the God of hosts: "I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it."
- Amos 8:7The Lord has sworn by the pride of Jacob: "Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.
- Nahum 2:2For the Lord is restoring the majesty of Jacob as the majesty of Israel, for plunderers have plundered them and ruined their branches.
- Deuteronomy 7:6"For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 33:3Yes, he loved his people, all his holy ones were in his hand; so they followed in your steps, receiving direction from you,
- Hosea 14:4I will heal their apostasy; I will love them freely, for my anger has turned from them.
- Malachi 1:2"I have loved you," says the Lord. But you say, "How have you loved us?" "Is not Esau Jacob's brother?" declares the Lord. "Yet I have loved Jacob
Commentaries on Psalms 47:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4He shall choose our inheritance for us - He has chosen or selected the land which we inherit. Of all the countries which compose the world, he has chosen “this” to be the inheritance of his own people, or the place where they should dwell. The thought in this verse is based on the idea so common in the writings of the Hebrews, that their country was the glory of all lands - the place of all on earth most desirable to dwell in. It is in view of this fact…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4pride of Jacob: Jacob was the father of all Israelites (Genesis 32:28). The name Jacob often represents the nation of Israel. God loves and commits himself to Jacob (see Psalms 78:68; 127:2; see Romans 11:28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. He shall ... inheritance--the heathen to be possessed by His Church (Psa 2:8), as Canaan by the Jews. excellency of Jacob--literally, "pride," or, that in which he glories (not necessarily, though often, in a bad sense), the privileges of the chosen people-- whom he loved--His love being the sole cause of granting them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 47
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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