Psalms 47:2
For the Lord is most high and dread, a great king over all the earth.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
In Context
1Clap your hands, all you peoples: shout to God in ringing cries.
3He subdues the peoples under us, the nations under our feet;
Cross References
Psalms 22:27All will call it to mind, to the ends of the earth, and turn to the Lord; and all tribes of the nations will bow down before you.
Psalms 65:5In dread deeds you loyally answer us, O God of our salvation, whom all ends of the earth put their trust in, and islands far away.
Psalms 68:35Awe-inspiring is God in his holy place, it is Israel’s God who gives strength and might to his people. Blessed be God.
Psalms 95:3For the Lord is a great God, king above all gods.
Psalms 145:6Of the might of your terrible acts they shall speak, and the tale of your great deeds I will tell.
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 →