Psalms 47:6 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 47:6

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!

YLT

Praise God--praise--give praise to our king, praise.

DBT

Sing psalms ofGod, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Psalms 95:1
O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Psalms 145:1
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever.
Colossians 3:16
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
Isaiah 12:4–6
And in that day shall ye say, Praise the Lord, call upon his name, declare his doings among the people, make mention that his name is exalted.
Matthew 25:34
Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

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This sovereignty is what the Psalm teaches; hence he adds, sing . . . praises with understanding--literally, "sing and play an instructive (Psalm)." The whole typifies Christ's ascension (compare Ps 68:18). The instruction continued. throne of . . . holiness--or, "holy throne" (see on Ps 2:6;

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

): Sing praises to God, and again, Sing praises, Sing praises to our King, and again, Sing praises. This intimates that it is a very necessary and excellent duty, that it is a duty we ought to be frequent and abundant in; we may sing praises again and again in the same words, and it is no vain repetition if it be done with new affections.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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