HEADING. ‘For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.' See introduction to part 2. The Psalm divides easily into two as indicated by ‘Selah'. The first half describes Who and What God is as YHWH Most High, King over all the earth, and the One Who has chosen out, and acted on behalf of,... [ Continue Reading ]
THE NATIONS ARE CALLED ON TO SALUTE YHWH MOST HIGH AS THE GREAT KING OVER ALL THE EARTH WHO HAS ESTABLISHED HIS PEOPLE IN THE CHOICEST OF LANDS (PSALMS 47:1). . Psalms 47:1 Oh clap your hands, all you peoples, Shout to God with the voice of triumph. For YHWH Most High is terrible, He is a great... [ Continue Reading ]
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 following the defeat and humiliation of Sennacherib and the Assyrian army. We are probably to see that... [ Continue Reading ]