Psalm 47:3-9

3 He ¹subdues peoples under us And nations under our feet.

4 He chooses our ²inheritance for us, The ³glory of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.

5 God has ⁴ascended with a shout, The LORD, with the ⁵sound of a trumpet.

6 ⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises; Sing praises to ⁷our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the ⁸King of all the earth; Sing praises ⁹with a skillful psalm.

8 God ¹⁰reigns over the nations, God sits on ¹¹His holy throne.

9 The ¹²princes of the people have assembled themselves as the ¹³people of the God of Abraham, For the ¹⁴shields of the earth belong to God; He is ¹⁵highly exalted.

Psalm 47:3-9 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Thus psalm is thought by some to be written on occasion of the ark being brought from the house of Obededom to the city of David, to the place he had prepared for it; which was attended with singing and dancing, with shouting, and the sound of a trumpet, 2 Samuel 6:12; but it rather seems to be penned on account of the ascension of Christ to heaven, prophetically spoken of in this psalm; and of the spread of the Gospel, and the conquests it made in the Gentile world upon Christ's ascension; as the whole psalm shows: and even Aben Ezra and Kimchi apply it to the times of the Messiah; and so do some of their most ancient writers, who particularly interpret Psalm 47:5 of him, as may be seen in the note upon it.

Cross References

• 1. Psalms 18:47
• 2. 1 Peter 1:4
• 3. Amos 6:8; Amos 8:7; Nahum 2:2
• 4. Psalms 68:18
• 5. Psalms 98:6
• 6. Psalms 68:4
• 7. Psalms 89:18
• 8. Zechariah 14:9
• 9. 1 Corinthians 14:15
• 10. 1 Chronicles 16:31; Psalms 22:28
• 11. Psalms 97:2
• 12. Psalms 72:11; Psalms 102:22; Isaiah 49:7, 23
• 13. Romans 4:11, 12
• 14. Psalms 89:18
• 15. Psalms 97:9

Footnotes

• [a] "Selah" may mean: "Pause, Crescendo" or "Musical interlude"
• [b] Or "amid"
• [c] Or "amid"
• [d] Heb "Maskil"
• [e] Or "has taken His seat"
• [f] Or "nobles"
• [g] Lit "has greatly exalted Himself"