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## Psalms 47:8-9 in Context (Verses 5–9 KJV)
 
 [5 ](/kjv/psalms/47/5) God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
 
 [6 ](/kjv/psalms/47/6) Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/psalms/47/7) For God *is* the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.*
 
 [8 ](/kjv/psalms/47/8) God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
 
 [9 ](/kjv/psalms/47/9) 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.*
 
[Psalms 46](/kjv/psalms/46) [Psalms 48](/kjv/psalms/48)

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