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Psalms 47:8

Psalms 47:8
God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The princes of the people are gathered together,.... Not against Christ, as at his first coming, but to him, and to his church and people; even the great men of the earth, the kings and princes of it,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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 that God reigns, or that he has set up his throne over…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 47:5-9

We are here most earnestly pressed to praise God, and to sing his praises; so backward are we to this duty that we have need to be urged to it by precept upon precept, and line upon line; so we are…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Psalms 47:8-9

The final realisation of Jehovah's sovereignty over the world.