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Psalms 47:2 — King James Version← Study notes

For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.


Psalms 47:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 47:28 words
HebrewMeaning
כָּֽלkāl
O allnounH3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ֭/עַמִּיםhāʿamiym
the peoplesparticleH5971
men · nation · people
תִּקְעוּtiqəʿw
strikeverbH8628
cast · clap · fasten · pitch ···
כָ֑ףkāp
a palmnounH3709
foot · hand · -dle · ) ···
הָרִ֥יעוּhāriyʿw
shout for joyverbH7321
cry (alarm · aloud · out) · destroy ···
לֵ֝/אלֹהִ֗יםlēʾlōhiym
to GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בְּ/ק֣וֹלbəqwōl
with the sound ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
רִנָּֽהrināh
a shout of joynounH7440
gladness · joy · proclamation · rejoicing ···
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 47:2

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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