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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 47 - Introduction

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‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.'

See introduction to part 2.

The Psalm divides easily into two as indicated by ‘Selah'. The first half describes Who and What God is as YHWH Most High, King over all the earth, and the One Who has chosen out, and acted on behalf of, His people in the past. The second half has in mind the acclamation of YHWH as a result of the signal deliverance that He has wrought for His people, which has demonstrated His worldwide Kingship and glory, and has resulted in the nations of the world acknowledging His Kingship and becoming His people too. It is a depiction of God as Lord over all, and is a foretaste of God's final triumph in Christ.

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See also Psalms 47 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    This psalm is entitled, “To the chief Musician, a psalm for (margin, of) the sons of Korah.” On the phrase “To the chief Musician,” see the notes at the title to Psalms 4:1. On the phrase “For the son...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    BOOK II. PSS. XLII.- LXXII. Psalms 42-83 are Elohistic, _i.e._ they use the word God (Elohim) and avoid the proper name Yahweh, probably from motives of reverence. Here and there, however, the name Y...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    This Psalm is an expansion of the thought of Psalms 46:10. Zion's King is the true -great King" (Psalms 48:2), the King of all the earth. All nations are summoned to pay homage to the God who has proc...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 seat (a-27) Or 'in the company.'...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XLVII. This is one of those psalms that tantalise by seeming to tell the story of their origin, though on closer inspection the story refuses to be satisfactorily identified. Some public rejoicing for...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 47 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, A PSALM FOR THE SONS OF KORAH. Thus psalm is thought by some to be written on occasion of the ark being brought from the house of Obededom to the city...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._ This Psalm is thought by some to have been composed by David (though his name be not in the title) when he brought the ark, which was the token of God's presence, with them, e...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * The people exhorted to praise God....

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