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Psalms 47:2
2For the Lord Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He is a great King over all the earth.
Psalms 47:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
- New International Version (NIV)For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.
Context of Psalms 47:2
1O clap your hands, all you people; Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy. For the Lord Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He is a great King over all the earth. 3He subdues peoples under us And nations under our feet. 4He chooses our inheritance for us, The glory and excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah.
Read all of Psalms 47Psalms 47:2 word by word
כִּֽי־יְהוָ֣ה עֶלְי֣וֹן נוֹרָ֑א מֶ֥לֶךְ גָּ֝דוֹל עַל־כָּל־הָאָֽרֶץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 47:2
- Psalms 65:5By awesome and wondrous things You answer us in righteousness, O God of our salvation, You who are the trust and hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest sea;
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome and fearfully glorious are Your works! Because of the greatness of Your power Your enemies will pretend to be obedient to You.
- Psalms 68:35O God, You are awesome and profoundly majestic from Your sanctuary; The God of Israel gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!
- Psalms 76:12He will cut off the spirit of princes; He is awesome and feared by the kings of the earth.
- Psalms 99:3Let them [reverently] praise Your great and awesome name; Holy is He.
- Psalms 145:6People will speak of the power of Your awesome acts, And [with gratitude and submissive wonder] I will tell of Your greatness.
- Deuteronomy 7:21You shall not dread them, for the Lord your God is in your midst, a great and awesome God.
- Deuteronomy 28:58“If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, to fear and honor with reverence this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,
- Nehemiah 1:5And I said, “Please, O Lord God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps the covenant and lovingkindness for those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Nahum 1:6Who can stand before His indignation [His great wrath]? And who can stand up and endure the fierceness of His anger? His wrath is poured out like fire And the rocks are destroyed by Him.
- Revelation 6:16and they called to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him who sits on the throne, and from the [righteous] wrath and indignation of the Lamb;
- Psalms 47:7For God is the King of all the earth; Sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.
- Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will bow down and worship before You,
- Psalms 95:3For the Lord is a great God And a great King above all gods,
- Daniel 7:13“I kept looking in the night visions, And behold, on the clouds of heaven One like a Son of Man was coming, And He came up to the Ancient of Days And was presented before Him.
- Malachi 1:14“But cursed is the swindler who has a male in his flock and vows [to offer] it, but sacrifices to the Lord a blemished or diseased thing! For I am a great King,” says the Lord of hosts, “and My name is to be [reverently and greatly] feared among the nations.”
Commentaries on Psalms 47:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2For the Lord most high is terrible - He has insufferable majesty, and is a great King - the mightiest of all emperors, for he is Sovereign over the whole earth.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2For the Lord most high - Yahweh, the Most High God; that is, who is exalted above all other beings. Compare Exodus 18:11; 1 Chronicles 16:25 Psalm 96:4; 2 Chronicles 2:5; Psalm 95:3. Is terrible - literally, is to be feared; that is, reverenced and adored. There is an idea in the words “terrible” and “terror” which is not contained in the original, as if there were something harsh, severe, stern, in his character. The word in the original does not go…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-2As the ruler of all nations, God deserves praise.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. His universal sovereignty now exists, and will be made known.Read the comment
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Psalms 47
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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