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Psalms 47:5

Psalms 47:5
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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, Luk 24:52;

sing praises; sing praises unto our…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 47:5-9

We are here most earnestly pressed to praise God, and to sing his praises; so backward are we to this duty that we have need to be urged to it by precept upon precept, and line upon line; so we are…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Psalms 47:5-7

A renewed summons to celebrate Jehovah's sovereignty.