Psalms 47:2

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…

For the Lord most high - Yahweh, the Most High God; that is, who is exalted above all other beings. Compare Exo 18:11; 1Ch 16:25 Psa 96:4; 2Ch 2:5; Psa 95:3. Is terrible - literally, is to be feared;…

The psalmist, having his own heart filled with great and good thoughts of God, endeavours to engage all about him in the blessed work of praise, as one convinced that God is worthy of all blessing and…

We may also render as in R.V. marg.,

For the Lord is most high (and) terrible,

or better still,

For Jehovah, the Most High, the terrible,

Is a great King over all the earth,

for the universal…