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CHAPTER 47
The Lord is King over all the earth—Sing praises to his name, for he reigneth over all. |
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1 O CLAP your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2 For the LORD most high is aterrible; he is a great King over all the earth. 3 He shall asubdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. |
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4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. 6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. |
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7 For God is the
aKing of all the eartha:
sing ye praises with understanding.
8 God reigneth over the aheathen: God bsitteth upon the cthrone of his holiness. 9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the ashields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted. |
7a God is the King of all the earth At the time that Israel sought after an earthly king it was King David's Ephraimite (Ephrathite) ancestor whose name did mean and reflect the concept that 'God is King' and that Israel ought not have any other king before him. This ancestor's name was Elimelech, the true progenitor of the covenant, according to the covenant, of the Messiah to come; even Jesus Christ. (see Messiah ben David ~ Messiah ben Joseph) According to this Psalm that same reflection is made, that God is King—'Elimelech'—, and we ought to so worship and praise him, having no other before him. | |