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Psalms 47:4 — King James Version← Study notes

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.


Psalms 47:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 47:46 words
HebrewMeaning
יַדְבֵּ֣רyadəbēr
he subduesverbH1696
appoint · bid · command · commune ···
עַמִּ֣יםʿamiym
peoplesnounH5971
men · nation · people
תַּחְתֵּ֑י/נוּtaḥətēynw
under uspronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
וּ֝/לְאֻמִּ֗יםwləʾumiym
and peoplesconjH3816
people
תַּ֣חַתtaḥat
underpronH8478
beneath · flat · in · place ···
רַגְלֵֽי/נוּragəlēynw
feet ournounH7272
be able to endure · according as · after · coming ···
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 47:4

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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