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Psalms 47:5

God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

Second strophe.

God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. See the opening remarks. After He had gone forth to fight for Israel He is represented as returning to His holy seat, the temple on Zion, amidst the music-accompanied thanksgivings of His people. The result is, the princes of the people and the pagan own that the God of Abraham "reigneth" over all the earth (Psalms 47:2; Psalms 47:8). Not only by Christ's ascension He hath a spiritual reign over the earth, but also He is to return as he ascended (Psalms 68:18; Acts 1:11,) and to reign on Zion over His own people, and thence, over the whole earth (Daniel 7:13; Jeremiah 3:17).

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See also Psalms 47:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 47:5. _GOD IS GONE UP WITH A SHOUT_] Primarily, this may refer to the rejoicing and sounding of trumpets, when the ark was lifted up to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites. But it...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    GOD IS GONE UP WITH A SHOUT - That is, he has ascended to heaven, his home and throne, after having secured the victory. He is represented as having come down to aid his people in the war by the overt...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Psalms 47 He is King Over All the Earth _ 1. In the midst of His people (Psalms 47:1)_ 2. The praise of His delivered people (Psalms 47:6) And now we see prophetically how the redeemed people clap...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    XLVII. JOY OF ALL MANKIND IN YAHWEH. All nations are invited to rejoice in Yahweh's exaltation. It seems strange that they should be expected to rejoice in their own defeat; but this is explained by t...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    GONE UP. exalted, as in Psalms 47:9 (same word)....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A renewed summons to celebrate Jehovah's sovereignty....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _God is gone up_ He must therefore have previously -come down." God is said to -come down" when He manifests His presence by active interposition in the affairs of the world. (Genesis 11:5; Genesis 11...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 580 THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST AN OCCASION FOR JOY Psalms 47:5. _God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our Ki...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    GOD IS GONE UP WITH A SHOUT— That is, primarily, the ark, which is the precious token of God's presence, is joyfully carried into the holy place; and, secondarily, it is a song of praise for the exalt...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 47 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE Israel Invites the Nations to Rejoice in the Universal Kingship of Her God. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 47:1-2, The Invitation Itself, announcing the Central Fact of Jeho...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    This Ps., though akin to Psalms 46, 48, is less definitely historical, and simply summons the earth to join in a chorus of praise to God as the victorious King, not only of Israel, but of all the nati...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    GONE UP] to heaven, in triumph after the battle: see Psalms 68:11....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    PSALMS 42:72 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. Words marked with a *star are described in the word list at the end. The translated Bible text has yet to go through Advanced Che...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    IS GONE UP. — Not, as in Genesis 17:22; Judges 13:20, to heaven, but, as in Psalms 24, to the Temple, as is shown by the public acclaim accompanying the ark to its resting-place after victory. (Comp....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Psalms 47:6]_ עָלָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים בִּ תְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 47:1 THE closing thought of Psalms 46:1 is nobly expanded in this jubilant summons to all nations to praise Jehovah as their King. Both psalms have a similar, and probably the same, historical...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “KING OVER ALL THE EARTH” Psalms 47:1 This psalm may have been sung in the valley of Berachah, where Jehoshaphat celebrated his victory over the Moabites. See 2 Chronicles 20:1. When some great deliv...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a song of the sovereignty of God. In the Hebrew ceremonial it was pre-eminently the song of the New Year, being repeated seven times ere the sounding of the trumpets which announce the feast....

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the (d) sound of a trumpet. (d) He alludes to the trumpets that were blown at solemn feasts: but he further signifies the triumph of Christ and his glorious...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Earth is superfluous. (St. Jerome, ad Sun.) (Calmet) --- Yet it is found in the Vatican Septuagint, &c. (Haydock) --- The kings of the earth assembled against the Church, (Psalm ii. 2.) as many came...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This, if confined literally to the carrying up of the ark, would not be strictly true; for though there were shootings and the sound of the trumpet at that festival, yet God himself could not be said...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._God is gone up with triumph _There is here an allusion to the ancient ceremony which was observed under the Law. As the sound of trumpets was wont to be used in solemnising the holy assemblies, the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    Psalms 47 only pursues this deliverance to its bright results for Israel according to God's glory in the earth. Jehovah is now a great King over all the earth (compare Zechariah 14). He subdues the na...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. Ver. 5. _God is gone up with a shout_] The ark is here called God, as also Psalms 132:5, and the face of God, Psalms 105:4; because...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _God is gone up with a shout_ This is meant literally of the ark, wherein God was present, which went or was carried up to the hill of Zion, where the tabernacle was erected for it, and afterward to t...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE MESSIAH IN THE GLORY OF HIS EXALTATION. To the chief musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah, written by one of their number at the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, as a prophecy of the victory and...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    God is gone up with a shout, the holy singers in the spirit see God ascend up on high with jubilation, THE LORD WITH THE SOUND OF A TRUMPET, for this was the instrument used on all joyful festivals of...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    5-9 Praise is a duty in which we ought to be frequent and abundant. But here is a needful rule; Sing ye praises with understanding. As those that understand why and for what reasons they praise God,...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    GOD IS GONE UP: this is meant literally of the ark, wherein God was present, which went or was carried up to the hill of Zion, where the tabernacle was erected for it, and afterwards to the hill of Mo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 47:5 God H430 up H5927 (H8804) shout H8643 LORD H3068 sound H6963 trumpet H7782 God -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE PSALMIST SEES YHWH AS HAVING RECEIVED HIS ACCLAMATION AS KING OVER ALL THE EARTH AND OVER ALL PEOPLES (PSALMS 47:5). In this second part of the Psalm we are introduced to the triumph ceremony foll...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 47:1. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us,...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 47:1. _O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The people exhorted to shout over God's triumphs. CHARACTERS: God, Psalmist. CONCLUSION: Let all who know God and own His sceptre sing His praises forever; for while we dwell under the sha...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    This is the song which the sons of Korah sung before the ark, when it was removed from the city of David to its place in the temple. 2 Chronicles 7 2 Chronicles 7. The ark being a type of Christ, it f...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _God is gone up with a shout._ THE SOLEMNITY OF CHRIST’S ASCENSION TO THE THRONE OF GLORY I. Prove the truth of this doctrine--that Christ is gone up, or ascended. 1. This was typified under the Ol...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _O clap your hands, all ye people._ MESSIANIC TRIUMPH PREDICTED The psalmist looked far ahead. His immediate experience was as “a little window through which he saw great matters.” The prophecy of th...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 47:1. This psalm celebrates God’s rule over all the earth (see note on 5:2). The promises to Abraham (Psalms

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 47:5 This probably looks back to the ark going to reside in Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 6:15 tells of how the ark was made to go UP WITH A SHOUT (see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“To the Chief Musician, a psalm for the sons of Korah.” See Introduction to Psalms 42. The author of the psalm, and the occasion on which it was composed, are alike unk...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THIS is a song of praise to God, as the King of the whole earth. It has been called "one of the _accession _psalms," because it depicts God as assuming his kingdom, and taking his seat upon...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Psa 47:1-9 is a psalm for the New Year. This psalm is read seven times before the blowing of the trumpet to announce the holy day, the beginning of the Jewish New Year. O clap your hands, all ye peopl...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 15:24; 1 Chronicles 15:28; 1 Chronicles 16:42; 1 Corinthians 15:52;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    God — This is meant literally of the ark: but mystically of Christ's ascension into heaven, as may be gathered by comparing this with Ephesians 4:8, where the like words uttered concerning the ark upo...

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