Psalms 47:1
A Psalm of + 47:1 A song.praise for the sons of Core on the second day of the week.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
In Context
2Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:15And David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting, and with the sound of a trumpet.
2 Chronicles 13:15And the men of Juda shouted: and it came to pass, when the men of Juda shouted, that the Lord smote Jeroboam and Israel before Abia and Juda.
Psalms 42:1A Psalm of David. Judge me, O God, and plead my cause, against an ungodly nation: deliver me from the unjust and crafty man.
Psalms 47:5For, behold, the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.
Psalms 98:8O Lord our God, thou heardest them; O God, thou becamest propitious to them, though thou didst take vengeance on all their devices.
Isaiah 55:12For ye shall go forth with joy, and shall be taught with gladness: for the mountains and the hills shall exult to welcome you with joy, and all the trees of the field shall applaud with their branches.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 47:1
The scope of this psalm is to stir us up to praise God, to stir up all people to do so; and, I. We are directed in what manner to do it, publicly, cheerfully, and intelligently, ver. 1 , 6 , 7 . II. We are furnished with matter for praise. 1. God's majesty, ver. 2 . 2. His sovereign and universal dominion, ver. 2 , 7-9 . 3. The great things he had done, and will do, for his people, ver. 3-5 . Many suppose that this psalm was penned upon occasion of the bringing up of the ark to Mount Zion which ver. 5 seems to… Read the whole commentary →