Psalms 47:1

People] RV 'peoples.' So in Psalms 47:3; Psalms 47:9.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O clap your hands, all ye people - A common way of expressing joy, or indicating applause. Compare the notes at Isaiah 55:12 . The “people” here...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah." O (a) clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. (a) Here is...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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 re...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Title.. Psalm. Hebrew. mizmor. See App-65. Referring to the time of Hezekiah. One of three Psalms (46, 47, 48) in praise of Zion, delivered from...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1. Clap your hands, all ye peoples As the Psalmist requires the nations, in token of their joy and of their thanksgiving; to God, to clap th...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. O clap your hands,...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The nations are exhorted cheerfully to entertain the kingdom of Christ. To the chief musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Title. מזמר קר...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. Psalms 47:1-9 .-Call to the nations to join Israel in thanksgivin...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Of triumph. — Or, of exultation, as LXX. and Vulg. For the hand-clapping at a time of national rejoicing, such as the coronation of a king, see...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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. B...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this Psalm the prophet seems to have an eye to the bringing up the ark of God to Zion. But as the ark itself was well understood by the...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a call from one awakened soul to another, nay, to all the people of God, to all the church of the Gentiles also, yet to be called to rejoice...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

O clap your hands, all ye people , Meaning the Gentiles more especially; see Psalms 117:1 compared with Romans 15:9 ; who had reason to rejoice a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 47:1 «To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. » O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O clap your hands, all ye people All ye tribes of Israel, or, rather, all nations, not only Jews but Gentiles; for all of them would, or might have...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortation to Praise God. To the chief musician. A psalm for the sons of K...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

PSALM 47 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm may seem to have been composed upon the occasion of that great solemnity of carrying the ark from the house of Obe...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Nations Are Called On To Salute YHWH Most High As The Great King Over All The Earth Who Has Established His People In The Choicest Of Lands ( Ps...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah.” See Introduction to Psalms 42 . The author of the psalm, an...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 47:1-5 . 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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Biblical Illustrator

O clap your hands, all ye people. Messianic triumph predicted The psalmist looked far ahead. His immediate experience was as “a little window t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 dep...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

O clap your hands, all ye people, the congregation of Jehovah being addressed with the summons to express their unbounded joy in a gesture of exultat...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 inspiratio...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 10:24 ; 2 Chronicles 13:15 ; 2 Kings 11:12 ; 2 Samuel 6:15 ; Ezra 3:11-13 ; Isaiah 55:12 ; Jeremiah 31:7 ; Luke 19:37-40 ; Psalms 4...

¹ O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 47:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 47:1