“ For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. ”
For God is the King of all the earth - He has shown himself to be a universal sovereign. All nations are subject to him, and he has a claim to universal praise. Sing ye praises with understand...
For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with (e) understanding. (e) He requires that understanding be joined with singing, lest the Name of God be profaned with vain crying.
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...
of. Some codices, with two early printed editions, read "over", as in Psalms 47:8 . with understanding. Compare Psalms 49:3 and 1 Corinthians 14:15 ; 1 Corinthians 14:16 .
7. For God is King of all the earth The Psalmist, having called God in the close of the preceding verse King of the chosen people, now calls him King of all the earth; and thus, whi...
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...
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. For God is the King of all the earth - He is not your King only, but the King of the universe. He has no limited power, no...
For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. For God is the King of all the earth - and shall be manifested as such after His final interposition for Israel ( Zec...
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...
With understanding. — Rather, play a fine tune. (See title Psalms 32 ) Or perhaps as LXX., and Vulg. adverbially, play with skill.
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...
‘WORSHIP THE KING!’ ‘God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.’ Psalms 47:7 I. The characteristic of united rather than of personal expression of feeling belongs...
For God [is] the King of all the earth ,.... Or "the king of all the earth [is] God" e; the same that is ascended into heaven, and is King of saints, even Christ Jesus; and so he will appear to be,...
For God [is] the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. Ver. 7. For God is King of all the earth ] q.d. Our King, said I? it is too little; he is King of all the earth. A tit...
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...
The King of all the earth; not only ours, as I now said, but also of all the nations of the world; and therefore he may well require, and doth highly deserve, all our praises. With understanding;...
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 47:7 I. The characteristic of united rather than of personal expression of feeling belongs to the earliest hymns introduced into the Christian Church. And in our own devotions it is very im...
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 Corinthians 14:14 ; 1 Corinthians 14:15 ; Colossians 3:16 ; Psalms 47:2 ; Psalms 47:8 ; Revelation 11:15 ; Zechariah 14:9
The king — Not only ours, but of all the nations of the world. Sing — Not formally and carelessly, but seriously, considering the greatness of this king whom you praise, and what abundant cause you...