Psalms 47:5

5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.

Psalms 47:5 in Other Translations

KJV
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
ESV
5 God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
NLT
5 God has ascended with a mighty shout. The LORD has ascended with trumpets blaring.
MSG
5 Loud cheers as God climbs the mountain, a ram's horn blast at the summit.
CSB
5 God ascends amid shouts of joy, the Lord, amid the sound of trumpets.

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 subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet.
4 He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Psalms 68:18; Ephesians 4:8
  • 2. S Job 8:21; S Psalms 106:5
  • 3. S Numbers 10:2; S 2 Samuel 6:15; Psalms 68:33; Psalms 98:6
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