Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 47:7
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.
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.
Verse Psalms 47:7. _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 _confined_ dominion. _SING YE PRAISES WITH UNDE...
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 UNDERSTANDING - Ma...
Psalms 47 He is King Over All the Earth _ 1. In the midst of His people (Psalms 47:1)_ 2. The praise of His delivered people (Psalms 47:6) And now we see prophetically how the redeemed people clap...
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 by t...
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;...
A renewed summons to celebrate Jehovah's sovereignty....
_with understanding_ So the LXX, Vulg., and Jer. But better as R.V. marg., in a skilful psalm, Heb. _Maschil_. See _Introd_. p. xix....
DISCOURSE: 580 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST AN OCCASION FOR JOY Psalms 47:5. _God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our Ki...
PSALMS 47 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Israel Invites the Nations to Rejoice in the Universal Kingship of Her God. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 47:1-2, The Invitation Itself, announcing the Central Fact of Jeho...
_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 (Zechariah...
47:7 understanding. (d-13) Or 'for instruction.'...
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 nati...
WITH UNDERSTANDING] RM 'in a skilful psalm (Maschil).'...
PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...
WITH UNDERSTANDING. — Rather, _play a fine tune._ (See title Psalms 32) Or perhaps as LXX., and Vulg. adverbially, _play with skill. _...
_[Psalms 47:8]_ כִּ֤י מֶ֖לֶךְ כָּל ־הָ אָ֥רֶץ...
Psalms 47:1 THE closing thought of Psalms 46:1 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, historical...
“KING OVER ALL THE EARTH” Psalms 47:1 This psalm may have been sung in the valley of Berachah, where Jehoshaphat celebrated his victory over the Moabites. See 2 Chronicles 20:1. When some great deliv...
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....
_There, denotes the promptitude of vengeance, as well as the following allusion, Isaias xiii. 8., and 1 Thessalonians v. 3._...
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 TO TH...
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, while he claims t...
Psalms 47 only pursues this deliverance to its bright results for Israel according to God's glory in the earth. Jehovah is now a great King over all the earth (compare Zechariah 14). He subdues the na...
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, esp...
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 title...
_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 and im...
For God is the King of all the earth, the King, by His marvelous exaltation, has shown Himself the God of all the earth. SING YE PRAISES WITH UNDERSTANDING, bringing out the joyful feelings of their h...
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 and...
WITH UNDERSTANDING: Or, every one that hath understanding...
5-9 Praise is a duty in which we ought to be frequent and abundant. But here is a needful rule; Sing ye praises with understanding. As those that understand why and for what reasons they praise God,...
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; not...
Psalms 47:7 God H430 King H4428 earth H776 praises H2167 (H8761) understanding H7919 (H8688) King -...
THE PSALMIST SEES YHWH AS HAVING RECEIVED HIS ACCLAMATION AS KING OVER ALL THE EARTH AND OVER ALL PEOPLES (PSALMS 47:5). In this second part of the Psalm we are introduced to the triumph ceremony foll...
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 impor...
Psalms 47:1. _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 under us...
Psalms 47:1. 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 under us,...
CONTENTS: The people exhorted to shout over God's triumphs. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Let all who know God and own His sceptre sing His praises forever; for while we dwell under the sha...
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, it f...
_God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding._ WORSHIP-SONG Hymns help to nobler worship of God and clearer visions of His face. I. Because they embody the holy thoughts and...
_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 of th...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 47:1. This psalm celebrates God’s rule over all the earth (see note on 5:2). The promises to Abraham (Psalms
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 47:5 This probably looks back to the ark going to reside in Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 6:15 tells of how the ark was made to go UP WITH A SHOUT (see...
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 unk...
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 seat upon...
Psa 47:1-9 is a psalm for the New Year. This psalm is read seven times before the blowing of the trumpet to announce the holy day, the beginning of the Jewish New Year. O clap your hands, all ye peopl...
1 Corinthians 14:14; 1 Corinthians 14:15; Colossians 3:16; Psalms 47:2;...
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 ha...