Psalm 47:4

Translations

Modern

He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

Traditional

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

Literal

He chose for us our inheritance, the excellence of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

Latin

Elegit nobis hæreditatem suam; speciem Jacob quam dilexit.

Original

Hebrew

English

He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah

Notes

Psalms 47:4

pride of Jacob: Jacob was the father of all Israelites (Genesis 32:28). The name Jacob often represents the nation of Israel.
God loves and commits himself to Jacob (see Psalms 78:68; 127:2; see Romans 11:28).

Psalms 47:3–4

The Lord gave Israel victory, especially under David (see Psalm 18:40–50). God's powerful acts of redemption show his love for Israel.

Psalms 47:1–9

This psalm praises God's rule as king over the entire earth. It describes God's victory with Israel and other nations. Both Israel (Psalm 47:3–4) and the nations (47:9) are part of God's kingdom.

Theme notes and profiles

God’s Love for Israel Praise Psalms

Related verses

1 Peter 1:4
…and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
Amos 6:8
The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
Nahum 2:2
For the LORD will restore the splendor of Jacob like the splendor of Israel, though destroyers have laid them waste and ruined the branches of their vine.
1 John 4:9–10
This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
Amos 8:7
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
Ephesians 2:4–5
But because of His great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,
Isaiah 60:15
Whereas you have been forsaken and despised, with no one passing through, I will make you an everlasting pride, a joy from age to age.
Deuteronomy 7:6–8
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
Jeremiah 3:19
Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me.
Ephesians 1:18
I ask that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you may know the hope of His calling, the riches of His glorious inheritance in the saints,
Malachi 1:2
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,

People

Israel: Patriarch, son of Isaac, father of twelve tribes Selah: A musical or liturgical term of uncertain meaning

Glossary

David Korahite, Korathite Music Numbers, Book of Psalms, Book of

Topics

Faith: Exemplified God: Love of God: Love of, Exemplified

Psalm 47:4

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