Psalms 47:2
\47:1\O make a glad noise with your hands, all you peoples; letting your voices go up to God with joy.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
In Context
1To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of the sons of Korah.
3\47:2\For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:58If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;
Psalms 22:27\22:26\The poor will have a feast of good things: those who make search for the Lord will give him praise: your heart will have life for ever.
Psalms 65:5\65:4\Happy is the man of your selection, to whom you give a resting-place in your house; we will be full of the good things out of your holy place.
Psalms 68:35\68:34\Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.
Psalms 95:3For the Lord is a great God, and a great King over all gods.
Psalms 145:6Men will be talking of the power and fear of your acts; I will give word of your glory.
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 →