Psalms 47:5
God is gone vp with triumph, euen the Lord, with the sound of the trumpet.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
In Context
4Hee hath chosen our inheritance for vs: euen the glory of Iaakob whom he loued. Selah.
6Sing prayses to God, sing prayses: sing prayses vnto our King, sing prayses.
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And the Lord spake vnto Moses, saying,
Joshua 6:5And when they make a long blast with the rams horne, and ye heare the sound of the trumpet, al the people shall shoute with a great shoute: then shall the wall of the citie fall downe flat, and the people shall ascend vp, euery man streight before him.
1 Chronicles 15:24And Shecaniah and Iehoshaphat and Nethaneel and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the Priestes did blowe with trumpets before the Arke of God, and Obed Edom and Ieiiah were porters for the Arke.
1 Chronicles 16:42Euen with them were Heman and Ioduthun, to make a sound with the cornets and with the cymbales, with excellent instruments of musicke: and the sonnes of Ieduthun were at the gate.
Psalms 68:17The charets of God are twentie thousande thousand Angels, and the Lord is among them, as in the Sanctuarie of Sinai.
Psalms 68:33To him that rideth vpon ye most high heauens, which were from the beginning: beholde, he will send out by his voice a mightie sound.
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 →