Psalms 47:1-11

1 canticum psalmi filiis Core secunda sabbati

2 magnus Dominus et laudabilis nimis in civitate Dei nostri in monte sancto eius

3 fundatur exultatione universae terrae montes Sion latera aquilonis civitas regis magni

4 Deus in domibus eius cognoscitur cum suscipiet eam

5 quoniam ecce reges congregati sunt convenerunt in unum

6 ipsi videntes sic admirati sunt conturbati sunt commoti sunt

7 tremor adprehendit eos ibi dolores ut parturientis

8 in spiritu vehementi conteres naves Tharsis

9 sicut audivimus sic vidimus in civitate Domini virtutum in civitate Dei nostri Deus fundavit eam in aeternum diapsalma

10 suscepimus Deus misericordiam tuam in medio templi tui

11 secundum nomen tuum Deus sic et laus tua in fines terrae iustitia plena est dextera tua

Psalms 47:1-11 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.