Psalms 47:5
God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
In Context
4He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
6Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!
Cross References
Numbers 10:1The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
Joshua 6:5It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; then the city wall will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, every man straight in front of him.”
1 Chronicles 15:24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
1 Chronicles 16:42and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of Jeduthun to be at the gate.
Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is amongst them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
Psalms 68:33to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
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 →