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Psalm 47:4-6
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 47:4-6
New Catholic Bible
4 He subdued nations under us
and brought peoples under our feet.
5 He chose our inheritance for us,
the pride of Jacob,[a] whom he loved. Selah
6 [b]God has ascended amid shouts of joy;
the Lord, amid the sound of trumpets.
Footnotes
- Psalm 47:5 Our inheritance . . . the pride of Jacob: the Promised Land (see Gen 12:7; 17:8; Ex 3:8; Deut 1:8; Jer 3:18), which God gave Israel by a sovereign act.
- Psalm 47:6 God ascends liturgically to the temple in the Ark of the Covenant.