Sign in
Psalms 47:6 — King James Version← Study notes

Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.


Psalms 47:6Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 47:66 words
HebrewMeaning
עָלָ֣הʿālāh
he has gone upverbH5927
ascend up · at once · break · bring ···
אֱ֭לֹהִיםʾĕlōhiym
GodnounH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
בִּ/תְרוּעָ֑הbitərwʿāh
with a shout of joypronH8643
blow (of · the) · joy · jubile ···
יְ֝הֹוָ֗הyəhōwāh
YahwehnounH3068
the Lord. Compare
בְּ/ק֣וֹלbəqwōl
with the sound ofpronH6963
aloud · crackling · cry · fame ···
שׁוֹפָֽרšwōpār
a ram's hornnounH7782
trumpet
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 47:6

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
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!