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Psalms 47:1 — King James Version← Study notes

O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.


Psalms 47:1Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 47:14 words
HebrewMeaning
לַ/מְנַצֵּ֬חַlamənaṣēḥa
to the choirmasterpronH5329
chief musician · oversee · set forward
לִ/בְנֵיlibənēy
of the sons ofpronH1121
afflicted · ite · ed one · appointed to ···
קֹ֬רַחqōraḥ
KorahnounH7141
מִזְמֽוֹרmizəmwōr
a psalmnounH4210
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 47:1

1. The title of the Psalm goes thus. “To the end: for the sons of Korah: a Psalm of David himself.” These sons of Korah have the title also of some other Psalms, and indicate a sweet mystery, insinuate a great Sacrament: wherein let us willingly understand ourselves, and let us acknowledge in the title us who hear, and read, and as in a glass set before us behold who we are. The sons of Korah, who are they?. ..Haply the sons of the Bridegroom. For the Bridegroom was crucified…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 47 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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