Psalms 47:1
Clap your hands, all you peoples: shout to God in ringing cries.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
In Context
2For the Lord is most high and dread, a great king over all the earth.
Cross References
Psalms 42:1Like the hart which longs for brooks of water, I long for you, God.
Psalms 47:5God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalms 98:8Let the streams clap their hands, let the hills shout for gladness together
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 →