Psalms 47:5
God has gone up with a shout, LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
In Context
4He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
6Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises.
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Joshua 6:5And it shall be, that, when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, and when ye hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout. And the wall of the city shall fall down flat, and the people shall g
1 Chronicles 15:24And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. And Obed-edom and Jehiah were porters for the ark.
1 Chronicles 16:42And with them Heman and Jeduthun [with] trumpets and cymbals for those who should sound aloud, and [with] instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. LORD is among them, [as in] Sinai, in the sanctuary.
Psalms 68:33to him who rides upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old. Lo, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
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 →