English Standard Version
Psalms 47:1
1Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
Psalms 47:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
- New International Version (NIV)Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
- New Living Translation (NLT)Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise!
Context of Psalms 47:1
Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! 2For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. 3He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
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כָּֽל־הָ֭עַמִּים תִּקְעוּ־כָ֑ף הָרִ֥יעוּ לֵ֝אלֹהִ֗ים בְּק֣וֹל רִנָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 47:1
- Psalms 46:1God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
- Psalms 98:4Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises!
- 2 Kings 11:12Then he brought out the king's son and put the crown on him and gave him the testimony. And they proclaimed him king and anointed him, and they clapped their hands and said, "Long live the king!"
- Isaiah 55:12"For you shall go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and the hills before you shall break forth into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
- Psalms 47:5God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
- 1 Samuel 10:24And Samuel said to all the people, "Do you see him whom the Lord has chosen? There is none like him among all the people." And all the people shouted, "Long live the king!"
- 2 Samuel 6:15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the horn.
- 2 Chronicles 13:15Then the men of Judah raised the battle shout. And when the men of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- Ezra 3:11And they sang responsively, praising and giving thanks to the Lord, "For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever toward Israel." And all the people shouted with a great shout when they praised the Lord, because the foundation of the house of the Lord was laid.
- Jeremiah 31:7For thus says the Lord: "Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob, and raise shouts for the chief of the nations; proclaim, give praise, and say, 'O Lord, save your people, the remnant of Israel.'
- Zephaniah 3:14Sing aloud, O daughter of Zion; shout, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
- Zechariah 4:7Who are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you shall become a plain. And he shall bring forward the top stone amid shouts of 'Grace, grace to it!'"
- Zechariah 9:9Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
- Luke 19:37As he was drawing near—already on the way down the Mount of Olives—the whole multitude of his disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen,
- Revelation 19:1After this I heard what seemed to be the loud voice of a great multitude in heaven, crying out, "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
Commentaries on Psalms 47:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O clap your hands, all ye people - Let both Jews and Gentiles magnify the Lord: the Jews, for being delivered from the Babylonish captivity; the Gentiles, for being called to enter into the glorious liberty of the children of God.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O clap your hands, all ye people - A common way of expressing joy, or indicating applause. Compare the notes at Isaiah 55:12. The “people” here referred to are probably the Jewish people, and the call on them is to rejoice, with the customary marks of joy, in view of the great victory which God had gained over their enemies. Shout unto God - Make a joyful noise in praise of God; that is, in acknowledgment that this victory has been gained by his…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The people exhorted to praise God. Verses 1-4 The God with whom we have to do, is a God of awful majesty. The universal and absolute sovereignty of a holy God would be too terrible for us even to think of, were it not exercised by his Son from a mercy-seat; but now it is only terrible to the workers of iniquity. While his people express confidence and joy, and animate each other in serving him, let sinners submit to his authority, and accept his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1People clap their hands in praise and recognition of wonderful deeds (Psalm 47:3–4; see 98:8; Isaiah 55:12; compare Nahum 3:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-91. clap ... hands ... people--literally, "peoples," or "nations" (compare De 32:43; Psa 18:49; 98:9).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
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