Psalms 47:9
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
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Barnes' Notes
The princes of the people are gathered together - The marginal reading is, “The voluntary of the people are gathered unto the people of the God of Abraham.” The word rendered “princes” - נדיב nâdı̂yb…
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
In the spirit of prophecy the Psalmist beholds the realisation of the hope expressed in Psa 47:47. The nations acknowledge Jehovah's sovereignty. Cp. Psa 102:22. As the representatives of the nations…
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