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The princes of the peoples are gathered together, The people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!
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A Prophecy of the Church
Commentators see this verse as a prophecy of the New Testament church. The gathering of 'princes of the peoples' signifies the inclusion of Gentiles (non-Jews) into God's family. As John Calvin explains, they are 'grafted into the stock of Abraham' through faith, creating one unified people of God from all nations.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The princes of the people are gathered together—The marginal reading is, “The voluntary of the people are gathered unto the people of the Go…
19th Century
Anglican
The shields of the earth — that is, the princes just mentioned, as in Hosea 4:18; the Septuagint and Vulgate also render …
Baptist
O clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the …
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16th Century
Protestant
The princes of the peoples are gathered together. The Psalmist enriches and amplifies the preceding sentence with various expressions. He …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
The princes of the people are gathered together Not against Christ, as at his first coming, but to him, and to his c…
Praise is a duty in which we ought to be frequent and abundant. But here is a necessary rule: Sing praises with understanding, as those who underst…
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13th Century
Catholic
In the preceding psalms, the psalmist laid out the glory of the king and his kingdom; here, he now exhorts foreign nations to be converte…
