Psalms 47:1-7

1 Applause, everyone. Bravo, bravissimo! Shout God-songs at the top of your lungs!

2 God Most High is stunning, astride land and ocean.

3 He crushes hostile people, puts nations at our feet.

4 He set us at the head of the line, prize-winning Jacob, his favorite.

5 Loud cheers as God climbs the mountain, a ram's horn blast at the summit.

6 Sing songs to God, sing out! Sing to our King, sing praise!

7 He's Lord over earth, so sing your best songs to God.

Psalms 47:1-7 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.