Psalms 47:5
They saw, and so they wondered: they were troubled, they were moved. 1
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
In Context
4For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together. 1
6Trembling took hold on them: there were the pangs as of a woman in travail. 1
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Joshua 6:5And when they have shouted, the walls of the city shall fall + 6:5 Or, of their own accord. of themselves; and all the people shall enter, each one rushing direct into the city.
1 Chronicles 15:24And Somnia, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharia, and Banaea, and Eliezer, the priests, were sounding with trumpets before the ark of God: and Abdedom and Jeia were doorkeepers of the ark of God.
1 Chronicles 16:42And with them there were trumpets and cymbals to sound aloud, and musical instruments for the songs of God: and the sons of Idithun were at the gate.
Psalms 68:17And turn not away your face from your + 68:17 Or, son. servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily. 1
Psalms 68:33For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nothing his fettered ones. 1
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 →