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Psalms 47

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O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. 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.

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Psalms 47:9

Western Saints

Augustine of Hippo

"The princes of the peoples are gathered together unto the God of Abraham" [Psalm 47:9]. The God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. [Exodus 3:6] True it is, God said this, and thereupon the Jews prided themselves, and said, "We are Abraham's children;" [John 8:33] priding themselves in their father's name, carrying his flesh, not holding his faith; by seed cleaving to Him, in manners degenerating. But the Lord, what said He to them so priding themselves? …

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Thomas Aquinas

And not only are the nations subject to Him, but also their princes; hence he says, "the princes of the peoples," namely of all [peoples], "are gathered together," through faith and love, "with the God of Abraham." And he says "Abraham," because he was the beginning of belief in both Father and Son. Mt. 3: "God is able to raise up children of Abraham from these stones." Ps. 71: "The kings of Arabia," etc. …

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