Psalm 47:1
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Verse 1. O clap your hands, etc. Such expressions of pious and devout affection as to some may seem indecent and imprudent, yet ought not to be hastily censured and condemned, much less ridiculed; because if they come from an upright heart, God will accept the strength of the affection, and excuse the weakness of the expressions of it. Matthew Henry.
Verse 1. O clap your hands. The voice of melody is not so much to be uttered with the tongue, as with the hands; that it, it is our deeds not our words, by which God is here to be praised. Even as it was in him whose pattern we are to follow: "Jesus began both to do and to teach." J. M. Neale.
Verse 1. All ye people. Peoples, in the plural. Here it is used to call both Jews and Gentiles -- all nations. William S. Plumer.
Verse 1. Shout unto God. Jubilate Deo: in God, and concerning God, and in honour of God. He does not excite them to carnal joy. Martin Geier.
HINTS FOR PASTORS AND LAYPERSONS
Verse 1. Unusual and enthusiastic expressions of joy when justifiable and even desirable.
Verse 1-4. Joy the true spirit of worship.
WORKS WRITTEN ABOUT THE FORTY-SEVENTH PSALM IN SPURGEON'S DAY
In the Works of JOHN BOYS, 1626, folio, pp. 931-937, there is an Exposition of this Psalm.