Psalms 47:5
God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
In Context
4He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
6Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
Joshua 6:5And it shall come to pass when they make a long blast with the blast-horn, that all the people on hearing the sound of the trumpet shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall flat, and the people shall go up, each one straight before him.
1 Chronicles 15:24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew with the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehijah were doorkeepers for the ark.
1 Chronicles 16:42and with them, [with] Heman and Jeduthun, trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud; and the musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were at the gate.
Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.
Psalms 68:33Of him that rideth upon the heavens, the heavens which are of old: lo, he uttereth 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 →