INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 47 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 sho... [ Continue Reading ]
O CLAP YOUR HANDS, ALL YE PEOPLE, Meaning the Gentiles more especially; see Psalms 117:1 compared with Romans 15:9; who had reason to rejoice and be glad, since the ascended Lord and King here spoken of was given to be their Saviour, was the propitiation for their sins, and had given himself a ranso... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THE LORD MOST HIGH [IS] TERRIBLE,.... Christ is not only the Son of the Highest, but he himself is the most high God, God over all, blessed for ever. He is higher than the highest, than the angels in heaven, or any of the sons of men on earth. He is the high and lofty One, that dwells in the hig... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL SUBDUE THE PEOPLE UNDER US, AND THE NATIONS UNDER OUR FEET. As Joshua, his type, subdued the Canaanites; and as David, another type of subdued the Syrians, Moabites, and others: the Jews from these words expect, that, in the times of the Messiah they look for, the Gentiles in a literal sens... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SHALL CHOOSE OUR INHERITANCE FOR US,.... Either a portion in this life; God knows what is best for his people, and therefore they should leave it with him, who can make a better choice for them than for themselves: an Heathen c once gave this advice, "give thyself wholly to the will and disposal... [ Continue Reading ]
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 everlastin... [ Continue Reading ]
SING PRAISES TO GOD,.... That is gone up with a shout, Christ Jesus, our ascended Lord and King, as the apostles did at the time of his ascension, Luke 24:52; SING PRAISES; SING PRAISES UNTO OUR KING, SING PRAISES: who was then made Lord and Christ, declared King of saints, and crowned with glory a... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR GOD [IS] THE KING OF ALL THE EARTH,.... Or "the king of all the earth [is] God" e; the same that is ascended into heaven, and is King of saints, even Christ Jesus; and so he will appear to be, especially in the latter day; Psalms 47:2; SING YE PRAISES WITH UNDERSTANDING; or, as De Dieu renders... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD REIGNETH OVER THE HEATHEN,.... He reigned over Israel under the former dispensation, and now he reigns over the Gentiles under the Gospel dispensation; as appears by the numerous instances of conversion among them in the first ages of Christianity; and by the many churches that were planted by t... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PRINCES OF THE PEOPLE ARE GATHERED TOGETHER,.... Not against Christ, as at his first coming, but to him, and to his church and people; even the great men of the earth, the kings and princes of it, as they will in the latter day; see Isaiah 49:23; or this may mean the saints in general, who are a... [ Continue Reading ]