Psalms 47:5
He hath chosen for us his inheritance the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
In Context
4He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our feet.
6God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
Joshua 6:5And when the voice of the trumpet shall give a longer and broken tune, and shall sound in your ears, all the people shall shout together with a very great shout, and the walls of the city shall fall to the ground, and they shall enter in every one at the place against which they shall stand.
1 Chronicles 15:24And Sebenias, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharias, and Banaias, and Eliezer the priests, sounded with trumpets, before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehias were porters of the ark.
1 Chronicles 16:42And Heman and Idithun sounded the trumpet, and played on the cymbals, and all kinds of musical instruments to sing praises to God: and the sons of Idithun he made porters.
Psalms 68:17Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.
Psalms 68:33Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God,
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 →