Psalms 47:5
God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
In Context
4He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah.
6Praise God — praise — give praise to our king, praise.
Cross References
Numbers 10:1And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
Joshua 6:5and it hath been, in the prolongation of the horn of the jubilee, in your hearing the voice of the trumpet, all the people shout — a great shout, and the wall of the city hath fallen under it, and the people have gone up, each over-against him.'
1 Chronicles 15:24And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer the priests, are blowing with trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah [are] gatekeepers for the ark.
1 Chronicles 16:42and with them — Heman and Jeduthun — [are] trumpets and cymbals for those sounding, and instruments of the song of God, and the sons of Jeduthun [are] at the gate.
Psalms 68:17The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.
Psalms 68:33To him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Lo, He giveth with His voice a strong 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 →