“ Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. ”
Sing praises to God, sing praises - This commences the “second” part of the psalm. The “repetition” shows that the heart was full, or was overflowing with joy. It is a call on all to celebrate th...
XLVII. Joy of all Mankind in Yahweh. All nations are invited to rejoice in Yahweh's exaltation. It seems strange that they should be expected to rejoice in their own defeat; but this is explained b...
Sing praises. Figure of speech Epanadiplosis , the verse beginning and ending with the same word. praises. Pl of majesty. great praise. Note the Figure of speech Repetitio , for emphasis. to...
DISCOURSE: 580 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST AN OCCASION FOR JOY Psalms 47:5-7 . God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto...
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. Sing praises - זמרו zammeru: this word is four times repeated in this short verse, and shows at once the earnestness and h...
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. No JFB commentary on this verse.
This Ps., though akin to Psalms 46, 48, is less definitely historical, and simply summons the earth to join in a chorus of praise to God as the victorious King, not only of Israel, but of all the nat...
Sing praises. — Better, Strike the harp.
Psalms 47:1-9 THE closing thought of Psalms 46:1-11 is nobly expanded in this jubilant summons to all nations to praise Jehovah as their King. Both psalms have a similar, and probably the same,...
“King over All the Earth” Psalms 47:1-9 This psalm may have been sung in the valley of Berachah, where Jehoshaphat celebrated his victory over the Moabites. See 2 Chronicles 20:1-37 . When som...
This is a song of the sovereignty of God. In the Hebrew ceremonial it was pre-eminently the song of the New Year, being repeated seven times ere the sounding of the trumpets which announce the feast....
This, if confined literally to the carrying up of the ark, would not be strictly true; for though there were shootings and the sound of the trumpet at that festival, yet God himself could not be said...
Sing praises to God ,.... That is gone up with a shout, Christ Jesus, our ascended Lord and King, as the apostles did at the time of his ascension, Luke 24:52 ; sing praises; sing praises unto ou...
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. Ver. 6. Sing praises to God, sing praises ] Do it with all alacrity, assiduity, being of that martyr's mind who said, S...
Sing praises , &c. These words are repeated four times in this verse, to show how vehemently desirous the psalmist was that God might have his due praise and glory: and of what great necessity a...
Exhortation to Praise God. 5 God is gone up with a shout, the L ORD with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to G...
These words are repeated four times in this verse, to show how vehemently desirous the psalmist was that God might have his due praise and glory; and of how great necessity and importance it was to m...
The Psalmist Sees YHWH As Having Received His Acclamation As King Over All The Earth And Over All Peoples ( Psalms 47:5-9 ). In this second part of the Psalm we are introduced to the triumph cerem...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah.” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . The author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are alike...
Psalms 47:1-9 . O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth. He shall subdue the people und...
This is the song which the sons of Korah sung before the ark, when it was removed from the city of David to its place in the temple. 2 Chronicles 7 2 Chronicles 7 . The ark being a type of Christ,...
O clap your hands, all ye people. Messianic triumph predicted The psalmist looked far ahead. His immediate experience was as “a little window through which he saw great matters.” The prophecy o...
EXPOSITION THIS is a song of praise to God, as the King of the whole earth. It has been called "one of the accession psalms," because it depicts God as assuming his kingdom, and taking his s...
The Messiah in the Glory of His Exaltation. To the chief musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah, written by one of their number at the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, as a prophecy of the victory...
1 Chronicles 16:9 ; 1 Chronicles 29:20 ; Ephesians 5:18-20 ; Exodus 15:21 ; Isaiah 12:4-6 ; Isaiah 33:22 ; Matthew 25:34 ; Matthew 27:37 ; Psalms 1:1 ; Psalms 145:1 ; Psalms 96:1 ; Psalms...