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Psalms 47:9

The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

KJV

Sicut audivimus, sic vidimus, in civitate Domini virtutum, in civitate Dei nostri : Deus fundavit eam in æternum.

Vulgate

καθάπερ ἠκούσαμεν, οὕτως εἴδομεν ἐν πόλει Κυρίου τῶν δυνάμεων, ἐν πόλει τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν· ὁ θεὸς ἐθεμελίωσεν αὐτὴν εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. διάψαλμα.

LXX

The princes of the peoples are gathered together To bethe people of the God of Abraham; For the shields of the earth belong unto God: He is greatly exalted.

ASV

מָלַ֣ךְ אֱ֭לֹהִים עַל גּוֹיִ֑ם אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים יָשַׁ֤ב עַל כִּסֵּ֬א קָדְשֽׁ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In this verse

People Abraham

In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
וֹ
v
noun · 134×
וֹ
v
verb · 349×
יֹשְׁבֵ֣י
yshby
verb · 1088×
ךָ
k
noun · 2564×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
קֹּ֑דֶשׁ
qdsh
noun · 463×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:11 — Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exa
  • Exod 3:6 — Moreover he said, I am the God of thy father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look upon God.
  • Gal 3:29 — And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
  • Gen 17:7 — And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
  • Gen 49:10 — The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
  • Isa 41:8 — But thou, Israel, art my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend.
  • Matt 22:32 — I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
  • Ps 72:7 — In his days shall the righteous flourish; and abundance of peace so long as the moon endureth.
  • Ps 84:11 — For the LORD God is a sun and shield: the LORD will give grace and glory: no good thing will he withhold from them that walk uprightly.
  • Ps 89:18 — For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.
  • Ps 89:18 — For the LORD is our defence; and the Holy One of Israel is our king.