God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Second strophe.
God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. See the opening remarks. After He had gone forth to fight for Israel He is represented as returning to His holy seat, the temple on Zion, amidst the music-accompanied thanksgivings of His people. The result is, the princes of the people and the pagan own that the God of Abraham "reigneth" over all the earth (Psalms 47:2; Psalms 47:8-9). Not only by Christ's ascension He hath a spiritual reign over the earth, but also He is to return as he ascended (Psalms 68:18; Acts 1:11,) and to reign on Zion over His own people, and thence, over the whole earth (Daniel 7:13-14; Jeremiah 3:17).