The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him, and the obedience of the peoples is his.
Psalm 47:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The princes and nobles of the peoples are gathered together, a [united] people for the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted. American Standard Version (1901) The princes of the peoples are gathered together To be the people of the God of Abraham; For the shields of the earth belong unto God: He is greatly exalted. Common English Bible The leaders of all people are gathered with the people of Abraham’s God because the earth’s guardians belong to God; God is exalted beyond all. Catholic Public Domain Version As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God. God has founded it in eternity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever. |
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until tribute comes to him, and the obedience of the peoples is his.
“Be still, and know that I am God! I am exalted among the nations; I am exalted in the earth.”
For you, O Lord, are most high over all the earth; you are exalted far above all gods.
God also said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the Israelites, ‘The Lord, the God of your ancestors, 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 my title for all generations.
He said further, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
Every word of God proves true; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
On that day the root of Jesse shall stand as a signal to the peoples; the nations shall inquire of him, and his dwelling shall be glorious.
Kings shall be your foster fathers and their queens your nursing mothers. With their faces to the ground they shall bow down to you and lick the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the Lord; those who wait for me shall not be put to shame.
Thus says the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and his Holy One, to one deeply despised, abhorred by the nations, the slave of rulers, “Kings shall see and stand up; princes, and they shall prostrate themselves, because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen you.”
‘I am the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob’? He is God not of the dead but of the living.”
I want you to understand this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not claim to be wiser than you are: a hardening has come upon part of Israel until the full number of the gentiles has come in.
And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the promise.