Psalms 47:2
O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of Joy,
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
In Context
1Unto the end, for the sons of Core.
3For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:58If thou wilt not keep, and fulfil all the words of this law, that are written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name: that is, The Lord thy God:
Psalms 22:27The poor shall eat and shall be filled: and they shall praise the Lord that seek him: their hearts shall live for ever and ever.
Psalms 65:5Blessed is he whom thou hast chosen and taken to thee: he shall dwell in thy courts. We shall be filled with the good things of thy house; holy is thy temple,
Psalms 68:35give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds.
Psalms 95:3For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalms 145:6Send forth lightning, and thou shalt scatter them: shoot out thy arrows, and thou shalt trouble them.
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 →