Psalms 47:2
For LORD Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
In Context
1O clap your hands, all ye peoples. Shout to God with the voice of triumph.
3He subdues peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:58If thou will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou may fear this glorious and fearful name, LORD thy GOD,
Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to LORD, and all the kinfolk of the nations shall worship before thee.
Psalms 65:5By awesome things thou will answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, thou who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of those who are afar off upon the sea,
Psalms 68:35O God, awesome out of thy holy places, the God of Israel, he gives strength and power to [his] people. Blessed be God.
Psalms 95:3For LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalms 145:6And men shall speak of the might of thy fearful acts, and I will declare thy greatness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 47:2-5
Exhortation to Praise God. 1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. 2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. The psalmist, having his own heart filled with great and good thoughts of God, endeavours to engage all about him in the blessed work of praise, as one convinced that God is… Read the whole commentary →