Psalms 47:4 · KJV
“He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.”
— Psalms 47:4
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalms 47 — Context
For the LORD most high {is} terrible; {he is} a great King over all the earth.
3He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
4He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
Cross References
1 Peter 1:4
To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, {for you: or, for us}
Amos 6:8
The Lord GOD hath sworn by himself, saith the LORD the God of hosts, I abhor the excellency of Jacob, and hate his palaces: therefore will I deliver up the city with all that is therein. {that...: Heb. the fulness thereof}
Nahum 2:2
For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. {the excellency of Jacob...: or, the pride of Jacob as the pride, etc}
Amos 8:7
The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.
Hosea 14:4
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
1 John 4:9-10
In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him.
Deuteronomy 7:6-8
For thou {art} an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that {are} upon the face of the earth.
Ephesians 2:4-5
But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,