Psalms 47:5

5 God has gone up with a joyful shout. The LORD has gone up with the sound of a ram's horn.

Psalms 47:5 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 47:5

God is gone up with a shout
That is, the Son of God, who is truly and properly God, equal to the Father, having the same perfections; God manifest in the flesh, the Word that was made flesh, and dwelt among men on earth; who in the next clause is called "Lord" or "Jehovah", being the everlasting "I AM", which is, and was, and is to come; he having done his work on earth he came about, went up from earth to heaven in human nature, really, locally, and visibly, in the sight of his apostles, attended by angels, and with their shouts and acclamations, which are here meant;

the Lord with the sound of the trumpet;
which circumstance, though not related in the account of Christ's ascension in the New Testament, yet inasmuch as the angels say he shall descend in like manner as he ascended, and that it is certain he will descend with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and the trump of God; so that if his ascent was as his descent will be, it must be then with a shout, and the sound of a trumpet, ( Acts 1:10 ) ( 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ) . This text is applied to the Messiah by the ancient Jewish writers F4.


FOOTNOTES:

F4 Bemidbar Rabba, s. 15. fol. 218. 1.

Psalms 47:5 In-Context

3 He brings people under our authority and [puts] nations under our feet.
4 He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah
5 God has gone up with a joyful shout. The LORD has gone up with the sound of a ram's horn.
6 Make music to praise God. Play music for him! Make music to praise our king. Play music for him!
7 God is the king of the whole earth. Make your best music for him!
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