What does Psalms Chapter 46 say, and which statements belong to its speaker?

Atlas of Saints · Chapter summary

Nations are called to joy before the great king of earth. Subdued peoples and chosen inheritance precede ascension and wise praise. Future reign accompanies the gathered princes and the source’s strong-gods expression.

Chapter breakdown

The Latin incipit is Omnes gentes, plaudite. The separate heading invites Gentiles to praise God's establishment of Christ's kingdom; the inscription is unto the end, for Core's sons. The psalm calls all nations to clap and shout with joy, naming the Lord high, terrible and a great king over earth. He subdued people under the speakers and nations under their feet, choosing for them His inheritance and Jacob's beauty which He loved. The verse does not specify willing submission.

God ascended with jubilee and the Lord with trumpet sound. Repeated calls to sing praise address their God and king; as earth's king He is to be praised wisely. He shall reign over nations and sits on His holy throne. Princes are gathered with Abraham's God, for the strong gods of earth are exceedingly exalted. This last expression is retained without changing it into a claim that all earthly defenders were subordinated or that ethnic rebellion was overcome.

The story inside

Opening: Nations are called to joy before the great king of earth. Development: Subdued peoples and chosen inheritance precede ascension and wise praise. Conclusion: Future reign accompanies the gathered princes and the source’s strong-gods expression.

Lessons worth keeping

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Nations are called to joy before the great king of earth.
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Subdued peoples and chosen inheritance precede ascension and wise praise.
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Future reign accompanies the gathered princes and the source’s strong-gods expression.

Test your recall

Which images and requests does the speaker use, and what does the chapter leave unresolved?

Source edition and notes

Douay–Rheims, revised by Richard Challoner (1749–1752). Project Gutenberg no. 1581. Locators refer to lines in the admitted pg1581.txt edition. Source notes may include Challoner commentary.

Lines 60422–60423
O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of joy,
Lines 60425–60425
For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.
Lines 60430–60431
He hath chosen for us his inheritance, the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.
Lines 60433–60434
God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
Lines 60439–60439
For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.
Lines 60443–60444
The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted.