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Psalms 47:3
3He brings people under our authority and ⌞puts⌟ nations under our feet.
Psalms 47:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
- New International Version (NIV)He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He will subdue the peoples under us, And the nations under our feet.
Context of Psalms 47:3
1Clap your hands, all you people. Shout to God with a loud, joyful song. 2We must fear the Lord, the Most High. He is the great king of the whole earth. He brings people under our authority and ⌞puts⌟ nations under our feet. 4He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah 5God has gone up with a joyful shout. The Lord has gone up with the sound of a ram’s horn.
Read all of Psalms 47Psalms 47:3 word by word
יַדְבֵּ֣ר עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתֵּ֑ינוּ וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים תַּ֣חַת רַגְלֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 47:3
- Psalms 18:47God gives me vengeance! He brings people under my authority.
- Psalms 81:14I would quickly defeat their enemies. I would turn my power against their foes.
- Deuteronomy 33:29You are blessed, Israel! Who is like you, a nation saved by the Lord? He is a shield that helps you and a sword that wins your victories. Your enemies will come crawling to you, and you will stomp on their backs.”
- Joshua 21:44The Lord allowed them to have peace on every side, as he had sworn with an oath to their ancestors. Not one of their enemies stood up to them. The Lord handed all their enemies over to them.
- Philippians 3:21Through his power to bring everything under his authority, he will change our humble bodies and make them like his glorified body.
- Psalms 110:1The Lord said to my Lord, “Take the honored position—the one next to me [God the Father] on the heavenly throne until I put your enemies under your control.”
- Joshua 10:24When they brought them to Joshua, he called for all the men of Israel. He told the officers who had gone with him, “Come forward and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So that’s what they did.
- 1 Corinthians 15:25Christ must rule until God has put every enemy under his control.
Commentaries on Psalms 47:3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3He shall subdue the people under us - He shall do again for us what he had done for our forefathers - give us dominion over our enemies, and establish us in our own land. I would rather read this in the past tense, relative to what God did for their fathers in destroying the Canaanites, and giving them the promised land for their possession, and taking the people for his own inheritance. This is also applied to the conversion of the Gentiles who, on the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3He shall subdue the people under us - Compare Psalm 18:39, note; Psalm 18:47, note. The word rendered “subdue” is that which commonly means” to speak.” The idea in the use of this word here is that he has only to speak and it is done (compare Psalm 33:9), or that he could do it by a word. Compare, however, on the use of the word here, Gesenius (Lexicon), on the word - דבר dâbar 2, Hiphil. And the nations under our feet - That is, they shall be entirely…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4The Lord gave Israel victory, especially under David (see Psalm 18:40–50). God's powerful acts of redemption show his love for Israel.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. His universal sovereignty now exists, and will be made known.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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