Psalms 47:1
O clap your hands, all ye peoples. Shout to God with the voice of triumph.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
In Context
2For LORD Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
2 Chronicles 13:15Then the men of Judah gave a shout. And as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
Psalms 42:1As the hart pants after the water brooks, so my soul pants after thee, O God.
Psalms 47:5God has gone up with a shout, LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalms 98:8Let the floods clap their hands. Let the hills sing for joy together
Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace. The mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the fields shall clap their hands.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 47:1
The scope of this psalm is to stir us up to praise God, to stir up all people to do so; and, I. We are directed in what manner to do it, publicly, cheerfully, and intelligently, ver. 1 , 6 , 7 . II. We are furnished with matter for praise. 1. God's majesty, ver. 2 . 2. His sovereign and universal dominion, ver. 2 , 7-9 . 3. The great things he had done, and will do, for his people, ver. 3-5 . Many suppose that this psalm was penned upon occasion of the bringing up of the ark to Mount Zion which ver. 5 seems to… Read the whole commentary →