New King James Version
Psalms 47:4
4He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence 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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He chose our heritage for us, the pride 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 Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. 3He will subdue the peoples under us, And the nations under our feet. He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence 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
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Cross-references for Psalms 47:4
- Deuteronomy 11:12a land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.
- Jeremiah 3:19“But I said: ‘How can I put you among the children And give you a pleasant land, A beautiful heritage of the hosts of nations?’ “And I said: ‘You shall call Me, “My Father,” And not turn away from Me.’
- Ezekiel 20:6On that day I raised My hand in an oath to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them, ‘flowing with milk and honey,’ the glory of all lands.
- Matthew 25:34Then the King will say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of 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 things present or things to come—all are yours.
- Ephesians 1:18the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
- 1 Peter 1:4to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for you,
- Psalms 16:3As for the saints who are on the earth, “They are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.”
- Isaiah 60:15“Whereas you have been forsaken and hated, So that no one went through you, I will make you an eternal excellence, A joy of many generations.
- Amos 6:8The Lord God has sworn by Himself, The Lord God of hosts says: “I abhor the pride of Jacob, And hate his palaces; Therefore 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 works.
- Nahum 2:2For the Lord will restore the excellence of Jacob Like the excellence of Israel, For the emptiers have emptied them out And ruined their vine branches.
- Deuteronomy 7:6“For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for Himself, a special treasure above all the peoples on the face of the earth.
- Deuteronomy 33:3Yes, He loves the people; All His saints are in Your hand; They sit down at Your feet; Everyone receives Your words.
- Hosea 14:4“I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely, For My anger has turned away from him.
- Malachi 1:2“I have loved you,” says the Lord. “Yet you say, ‘In what way have You loved us?’ Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” Says the Lord. “Yet Jacob I have loved;
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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