Psalms 47:5
For behold, the kings of the earth have been gathered together; they have convened as one.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
In Context
4In her houses, God will be known, since he will support her.
6Such did they see, and they were astonished: they were disturbed, they were moved.
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Joshua 6:5And when the voice of the trumpet sounds longer and with interruptions, and it increases in your ears, then all the people shall cry out together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the foundation, and they shall enter it, each from a place opposite where they are standing.”
1 Chronicles 15:24And the priests, Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, were sounding the trumpets before the ark of God. And Obededom and Jehiah were porters of the ark.
1 Chronicles 16:42Also Heman and Jeduthun sounded the trumpet, and they played upon the cymbals, and upon every kind of musical instrument, in order to sing praises to God. But the sons of Jeduthun he made to be porters.
Psalms 68:17Hear me, O Lord, for your mercy is kind. Look upon me, according to the fullness of your compassion.
Psalms 68:33Let the poor see and rejoice. Seek God, and your soul will live.
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 →