Psalms 47:5

Psalms 47:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
• New International Version (NIV)God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.
• English Standard Version (ESV)God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
• New King James Version (NKJV)God has gone up with a shout, The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

Context of Psalms 47:5

3He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. 4He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet. 6Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms! 7For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.

Psalms 47:5 word by word

עָלָ֣ה אֱ֭לֹהִים בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה בְּק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 47:5

• Psalms 24:7Lift up your heads, ye gates, and be ye lifted up, ye everlasting doors, and the King of glory shall come in.
• Psalms 68:17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them: it is a Sinai in holiness.
• Luke 24:51And it came to pass as he was blessing them, he was separated from them and was carried up into heaven.
• Acts 1:5For John indeed baptised with water, but ye shall be baptised with the Holy Spirit after now not many days.
• Ephesians 4:8Wherefore he says, Having ascended up on high, he has led captivity captive, and has given gifts to men.
• 1 Timothy 3:16And confessedly the mystery of piety is great. God has been manifested in flesh, has been justified in [the] Spirit, has appeared to angels, has been preached among [the] nations, has been believed on in [the] world, has been received up in glory.
• Psalms 78:65Then the Lord awoke as one out of sleep, like a mighty man that shouteth aloud by reason of wine;
• Numbers 23:21He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen wrong in Israel; Jehovah his God is with him, and the shout of a king is in his midst.
• 2 Samuel 6:15And David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Jehovah with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
• 1 Chronicles 15:28And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the trumpet, and with clarions, and with cymbals, playing aloud with lutes and harps.
• Psalms 81:3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day:
• Psalms 150:3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with lute and harp;
• Numbers 10:1And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
• Joshua 6:5And it shall come to pass when they make a long blast with the blast-horn, that all the people on hearing the sound of the trumpet shall shout with a great shout; and the wall of the city shall fall flat, and the people shall go up, each one straight before him.
• 1 Chronicles 15:24And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew with the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehijah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 1 Chronicles 16:42and with them, [with] Heman and Jeduthun, trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud; and the musical instruments of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were at the gate.

Commentaries on Psalms 47:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5God is gone up with a shout - Primarily, this may refer to the rejoicing and sounding of trumpets, when the ark was lifted up to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites. But it is generally understood as a prophetic declaration of the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ; and the shout may refer to the exultation of the evangelists and apostles in preaching Christ crucified, buried, risen from the dead, and ascended to heaven, ever to appear in the…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5God 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 overthrow of their enemies, and (having accomplished this) as returning to heaven, accompanied by his hosts, and amidst the shouts of triumph. All this is, of course, poetical, and is not to be regarded as literal in any sense. Compare the notes at Psalm 7:7. The…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-9Verses 5-9 Praise is a duty in which we ought to be frequent and abundant. But here is a needful rule; Sing ye praises with understanding. As those that understand why and for what reasons they praise God, and what is the meaning of the service. It is not an acceptable service, if it is not a reasonable service. We are never to forget the end of Messiah's exaltation, so continually do the prophets dwell upon the conversion of the nations to the gospel of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5horn: Or rams’ horns (see Psalm 81:3). People sometimes blew rams’ horns during celebrations (Psalm 98:5–6; 2 Kings 11:14; 1 Chronicles 15:28).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. God, victorious over His enemies, reascends to heaven, amid the triumphant praises of His people, who celebrate His sovereign dominion. This sovereignty is what the Psalm teaches; hence he adds, sing ... praises with understanding--literally, "sing and play an instructive (Psalm)." The whole typifies Christ's ascension (compare Psa 68:18).Read the comment

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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