Psalms 47:7 KJV

For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

Thou and Ye

  • ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • Psalms 47:5–9Praise is a duty in which we ought to be frequent and abundant. But here is a needful rule; Sing ye praises with understanding. As those that understand why...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Zechariah 14:9 And the LORD shall be king over all the earth: in that day shall there be one LORD, and his name one.
  • Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:14–15 For if I pray in an unknown tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my understanding is unfruitful. …
  • Psalms 47:2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
  • Psalms 47:8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

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Topics

  • God Sovereign
  • Korah See titles to
  • Music (The meaning is obscure. But its signification where it occurs elsewhere than in the titles of Psalms is equivalent to the English word...
  • Praise For God’s attributes
  • Psalms For God’s attributes

Bible Dictionary

  • God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • For God אֱלֹהִים ʾĕlōhîm אֱלֹהִים Noun · masculine plural
  • the King כִּי kî Conjunction מֶלֶךְ melek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of all the earth כָּל kol Noun · masculine singular construct הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • sing ye praises זַמְּרוּ zammĕrû זָמַר Verb · piel imperative, second person masculine plural
  • with understanding מַשְׂכִּיל maśkîl שָׂכַל Noun · masculine singular

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