Psalms 47:9

The princes of the peoples gather with the people of the God of Abraham, for the earth's shields belong to God, who is greatly exalted. It matters because it anticipates the nations joining God's people in worship.

Cross-references · 21

• Ps 89:18For our shield belongs to Yahweh; our king to the Holy One of Israel.
• Gen 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs. To him will the obedience of the peoples be.
• Ps 72:7–9In his days, the righteous shall flourish, and abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
• Exod 3:6Moreover he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” Moses hid his face; for he was afraid to look at God.
• Gen 17:7–8I will establish my covenant between me and you and your offspring after you throughout their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God to you and to your offspring after you.
• Isa 41:8–10“But you, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the offspring of Abraham my friend,
• Prov 30:5“Every word of God is flawless. He is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
• Matt 22:32‘I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?’ God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.”
• Exod 3:15God said moreover to Moses, “You shall tell the children of Israel this, ‘Yahweh, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you.’ This is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
• Gal 3:29If you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s offspring and heirs according to promise.
• Ps 46:10“Be still, and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth.”
• Rom 4:11–12He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they might be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
• Ps 72:11Yes, all kings shall fall down before him. All nations shall serve him.
• Ps 110:2–3Yahweh will send out the rod of your strength out of Zion. Rule among your enemies.
• Ps 97:9For you, Yahweh, are most high above all the earth. You are exalted far above all gods.
• Isa 11:10It will happen in that day that the nations will seek the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner of the peoples; and his resting place will be glorious.
• Isa 60:4–5“Lift up your eyes all around, and see: they all gather themselves together. They come to you. Your sons will come from far away, and your daughters will be carried in arms.
• Isa 49:23Kings shall be your foster fathers, and their queens your nursing mothers. They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth, and lick the dust of your feet; Then you will know that I am Yahweh; and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”
• Rom 11:25For I don’t desire you to be ignorant, brothers, of this mystery, so that you won’t be wise in your own conceits, that a partial hardening has happened to Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in,
• Isa 49:7Yahweh, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, says to him whom man despises, to him whom the nation abhors, to a servant of rulers: “Kings shall see and rise up; princes, and they shall worship; because of Yahweh who is faithful, even the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
• Isa 66:19–20“I will set a sign among them, and I will send those who escape of them to the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, who draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, to far-away islands, who have not heard my fame, nor have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the nations.

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