Psalms 47:2
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
In Context
1O clap your hands, all you people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
3He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:58If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD Your GOD;
Psalms 22:27All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the families of the nations shall worship before you.
Psalms 65:5By terrible things in righteousness will you answer us, O God of our salvation; who are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are far off upon the sea:
Psalms 68:35O God, you are terrible out of your holy places: the God of Israel is he that gives strength and power unto his people. Blessed be God.
Psalms 95:3For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
Psalms 145:6And men shall speak of the might of your terrible acts: and I will declare your greatness.
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 →