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    Psalms 47

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    Psalms Chapter 47

    Psalms Chapter 47 presents 10 verses in a searchable Hebrew text unit. This original reading guide identifies observable themes and a practical path through the chapter without adding an unverified interpretation.

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    A unit-by-unit map of all 10 verses on this page: opening words, the moves the text actually makes and a link back to that exact verse.

    1. Verse 12 words

      Opens “לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ׀לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מִזְמֽוֹר׃…”

    2. Verse 26 words

      Opens “כׇּֽל־הָ֭עַמִּים תִּקְעוּ־כָ֑ף הָרִ֥יעוּ לֵ֝אלֹהִ֗ים בְּק֣וֹל רִנָּֽה׃…”

    3. Verse 36 words

      Opens “כִּֽי־יְהֹוָ֣ה עֶלְי֣וֹן נוֹרָ֑א מֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝ד֗וֹל עַל־כׇּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃…”

    4. Verse 46 words

      Opens “יַדְבֵּ֣ר עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתֵּ֑ינוּ וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים תַּ֣חַת רַגְלֵֽינוּ׃…”

    5. Verse 56 words

      Opens “יִבְחַר־לָ֥נוּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֵ֑נוּ אֶ֥ת־גְּא֨וֹן יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁר־אָהֵ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃…”

    6. Verse 66 words

      Opens “עָלָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה בְּק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃…”

    7. Verse 76 words

      Opens “זַמְּר֣וּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים זַמֵּ֑רוּ זַמְּר֖וּ לְמַלְכֵּ֣נוּ זַמֵּֽרוּ׃…”

    8. Verse 86 words

      Opens “כִּ֤י מֶ֖לֶךְ כׇּל־הָאָ֥רֶץ אֱלֹהִ֗ים זַמְּר֥וּ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃…”

    9. Verse 97 words

      Opens “מָלַ֣ךְ אֱ֭לֹהִים עַל־גּוֹיִ֑ם אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים יָשַׁ֤ב׀ עַל־כִּסֵּ֬א קׇדְשֽׁוֹ׃…”

    10. Verse 1012 words

      Opens “נְדִ֘יבֵ֤י עַמִּ֨ים׀ נֶאֱסָ֗פוּ עַם֮ אֱלֹהֵ֢י אַבְרָ֫הָ֥ם כִּ֣י…”

    Rashi's commentary

    1. Verse 2

      תקעו כףהתערבו יחד זה עם זה להריע לאלהים בקול רנה:

    2. Verse 4

      ידבר עמים תחתינויתן דבר בעובדי כוכבים תחת נפשנו להיו' חמתו מתקררת בהם ואלו נצולים כענין שנאמ' ונתתי כפרך מצרים וגו' (ישעיהו מ״ג:ג׳), ומנחם חבר ידבר ל' הנהגה:

    3. Verse 5

      יבחר לנו וגו'ויחזירנו לתוכה ואז יתעלה בתרועה וקול שופ' שנתקע לפניו בשיר על עולות וזבחים שלמים ונאמר זמרו אלהים וגו':

    4. Verse 9

      מלך אלהים על גויםכך יאמרו הכל:

      ישב על כסא קדשועכשיו הכסא שלם ובגדולה ניכרת ויגידו כי נאספו לעירו:

    5. Verse 10

      נדיבי עמיםשהתנדבו עצמם לטבח ולהרוג על קדושת שמו:

      עם אלהי אברהםשהיה נדיב לב הראשון תחלה לגרים עתה נודע כי לאלהים מגיני ארץ היכולת בידו להיות למגן על כל הבוטחים בו:

    Edition: On Your Way. License: Public Domain. Sefaria.

    Malbim's commentary

    1. Verse 6

      Gone upNow it depicts how this Great King can accept this kingship that the nations coronate Him, and He is exalted now from His previous habit that He had before He was coronated at the word of His creatures, this is the Mighty Kingship [המלכות העצום], to a different habit more exalted and uplifted than the first state! For the habit of God at this time will be sometimes by means of the name Elohim, which is at the times that He rules by the habits of nature. And sometimes it will be by means of the Tetragrammaton, and that is at the time that He rules by the miracles and the wonders; and this habit is because of Israel, and is called then in the name of "our King" or "our Rescuer", "the God of Israel", "the God of Ya'akov" [אלהי ישראל, אלהי יעקב], "the Holy One of Israel" and so on. But then these two habits will be lifted up and exalted with a great exaltation, for by means of this shout that they crowned Him with God is gone up, gone up in His habit with which He ruled by the name Elokim, for nature shall be changed then into a nature lifted up from its previous state, like it is written "behold I will create new heavens and a new earth" (Yeshayahu 65:17), which is to say His habit of miracles which is by means of the Tetragrammaton, that there will be miracles and wonders, and they will be more constant than the ones before, and it is explained by means that Elohim will go up in a shout.

    Edition: Sefaria Community Translation. License: CC0. Sefaria.

    Original text

    לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ׀לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מִזְמֽוֹר׃

    For the leader. Of the Korahites. A psalm.

    כׇּֽל־הָ֭עַמִּים תִּקְעוּ־כָ֑ף הָרִ֥יעוּ לֵ֝אלֹהִ֗ים בְּק֣וֹל רִנָּֽה׃

    All you peoples, clap your hands, raise a joyous shout for God.

    כִּֽי־יְהֹוָ֣ה עֶלְי֣וֹן נוֹרָ֑א מֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝ד֗וֹל עַל־כׇּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃

    For G OD Most High is awesome, great ruler over all the earth,

    יַדְבֵּ֣ר עַמִּ֣ים תַּחְתֵּ֑ינוּ וּ֝לְאֻמִּ֗ים תַּ֣חַת רַגְלֵֽינוּ׃

    who subjects peoples to us, sets nations at our feet.

    יִבְחַר־לָ֥נוּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֵ֑נוּ אֶ֥ת־גְּא֨וֹן יַעֲקֹ֖ב אֲשֶׁר־אָהֵ֣ב סֶֽלָה׃

    [God] chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob the beloved. Selah.

    עָלָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה בְּק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃

    God ascends midst acclamation; the E TERNAL , to the blasts of the horn.

    זַמְּר֣וּ אֱלֹהִ֣ים זַמֵּ֑רוּ זַמְּר֖וּ לְמַלְכֵּ֣נוּ זַמֵּֽרוּ׃

    Sing, O sing to God; sing, O sing to our sovereign;

    כִּ֤י מֶ֖לֶךְ כׇּל־הָאָ֥רֶץ אֱלֹהִ֗ים זַמְּר֥וּ מַשְׂכִּֽיל׃

    for God is ruler over all the earth; sing a hymn., a musical term of uncertain meaning.

    מָלַ֣ךְ אֱ֭לֹהִים עַל־גּוֹיִ֑ם אֱ֝לֹהִ֗ים יָשַׁ֤ב׀ עַל־כִּסֵּ֬א קׇדְשֽׁוֹ׃

    God reigns over the nations; God is seated on the holy throne.

    נְדִ֘יבֵ֤י עַמִּ֨ים׀ נֶאֱסָ֗פוּ עַם֮ אֱלֹהֵ֢י אַבְרָ֫הָ֥ם כִּ֣י לֵ֭אלֹהִים מָֽגִנֵּי־אֶ֗רֶץ מְאֹ֣ד נַעֲלָֽה׃ {פ}

    The great of the peoples are gathered together, the retinue of Abraham’s God; for the guardians of the earth belong to God, who is greatly exalted.

    English translation: THE JPS TANAKH: Gender-Sensitive Edition · CC-BY-NC