PSALM 47

CONSIDER

• Psalm 47 celebrates God’s rule

• Those who belong to God can clap their hands in joy, for He is the great king over the earth

• Remember this psalm to remember that God is sovereign

• There is nothing God cannot do, or will not do for His children  <R1795>

NOTES BY VERSE

Note: each ** comment in this document is listed in numerical order according to the verse(s) from this chapter

** Thankfulness and praise is a natural response to God's unending goodness

• Adding ‘great’ to the title of ‘king’ confirmed God is a world conqueror

• It is appropriate the psalmist titled God as ‘great King’ for He subdues nations

• All the kings of this earth are subject to God  <R1795>

Psalm 47:1-2 NIV

[1] Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. [2] For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth.

Psalm 47:5 NIV

[5] God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.

Psalm 47:6-7 NIV

[6] Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. [7] For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.

** Nations and kings will bow down to our Lord for He reigns over all the earth!

Psalm 47:3 NIV

[3] He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet.

Psalm 47:7-9 NIV

[7] For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. [8] God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. [9] The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted.