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Psalms 47:2
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For the LORD Most High is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
For Yahweh Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.
The Lord Most High is wonderful. He is the great King over all the earth!
For the sovereign Lord is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!
For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the earth.
For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
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.
For the Lord , the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
For the Lord is hiy and ferdful; a greet kyng on al erthe.
How awesome is the LORD the Most High, the great King over all the earth!
The Lord Most High is fearsome, the ruler of all the earth.
For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.
For the Lord Most High is to be feared; he is a great King over all the earth.
Clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with cries of joy!
For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.
The Lord Most High is awesome. He is the great King over all the earth.
O clap your hands, all ye peoples; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King ouer all the earth.
For the Lord Most High is to be feared. He is a great King over all the earth.
For the Lord , the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth.
For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King ouer all the earth.
For the LORD is most high and reverenced; he is a great King over all the earth.
The Lord , the Most High, is to be feared; he is a great king, ruling over all the world.
For, Yahweh - as Most High, is to be revered, A great king, over all the earth,
(46-3) For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.
For the LORD, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.
For God is hygh and terrible: he is the great king vpo all the earth.
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth.
For the Lord, the Most High, is awe-inspiring,a great King over the whole earth.
For the LORD Elyon is awesome. He is a great King over all the eretz.
For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
For Yahweh Most High is awesome, a great king over all the earth.
For Jehovah Most High is awesome, a great King over all the earth.
For Jehovah Most High [is] fearful, A great king over all the earth.
For the LORDE the most hyest is to be feared, & he is the greate kynge vpo all ye earth.
For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.
For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.
For the Lord Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.
For Yahweh Most High is fearsome,A great King over all the earth.
Contextual Overview
For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.
Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise! 2 For the Lord Most High is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth. 3 He subdues the nations before us, putting our enemies beneath our feet. 4 He chose the Promised Land as our inheritance, the proud possession of Jacob's descendants, whom he loves. InterludeBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
is terrible: Psalms 65:5, Psalms 66:3-5, Psalms 68:35, Psalms 76:12, Psalms 99:3, Psalms 145:6, Deuteronomy 7:21, Deuteronomy 28:58, Nehemiah 1:5, Nahum 1:6, Nahum 1:7, Revelation 6:16, Revelation 6:17
a great: Psalms 47:7, Psalms 22:27-29, Psalms 95:3, Daniel 7:13, Daniel 7:14, Malachi 1:14, Matthew 28:18, Philippians 2:9-11
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 18:28 - the king of Assyria 2 Chronicles 20:6 - rulest not Nehemiah 9:32 - our God Psalms 97:5 - the Lord of Psalms 103:19 - his kingdom Jeremiah 20:11 - a mighty Jeremiah 48:15 - saith Daniel 5:18 - the most Zechariah 14:9 - the Lord Matthew 6:13 - thine 1 Timothy 6:15 - who Revelation 19:6 - for
Cross-References
The second time they went, Joseph revealed his identity to his brothers, and they were introduced to Pharaoh.
We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you.
So we tell others about Christ, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all the wisdom God has given us. We want to present them to God, perfect in their relationship to Christ.
Now all glory to God, who is able to keep you from falling away and will bring you with great joy into his glorious presence without a single fault.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the Lord most high [is] terrible,.... Christ is not only the Son of the Highest, but he himself is the most high God, God over all, blessed for ever. He is higher than the highest, than the angels in heaven, or any of the sons of men on earth. He is the high and lofty One, that dwells in the high and lofty place. And even this character agrees with him as the ascended Lord and King in his human nature; he is ascended on high, is set down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. He is highly exalted to be a Prince and a Saviour; he is made higher than the heavens, and than the kings of the earth are; angels, authorities, and powers, are subject to him. And this is a reason exciting all the people to joy and gladness. And he is "terrible" to his enemies, being the Lion of the tribe of Judah; who will rule the nations with a rod of iron, and break them in pieces as a potter's vessel: and so he will be when he shall come in the clouds of heaven, land descend from thence, in flaming fire, to take vengeance on those who have despised and rejected him; and at the same time will be glorious to and admired by them that believe in him. His appearance, which will be terrible to others, will be matter of joy to them. Though the word used may be rendered as it is in Psalms 111:9; "reverend" or "to be feared" b, as he is; see Isaiah 8:13; both on account of his goodness, as the Redeemer and Saviour of his people, Hosea 3:5; and of his greatness, being equal with God, and King of saints. As it follows;
[he is] a great King over all the earth; as he must needs be, since he is the great God and our Saviour; and is King of kings, and Lord of lords. He is now King of Zion, and head over all things to the church; and before long the kingdoms of this world will become his, and he will take to himself his great power and reign, and shall be King over all the earth openly and visibly; he shall be one, and his name One,
Zechariah 14:9; which is another reason for joy and gladness among the people.
b נורא "reverendus", Junius Tremellius "timendus est", Coccius; "venerandus", Michaelis.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For 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 Psa 96:4; 2 Chronicles 2:5; Psalms 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 beyond the notion of inspiring reverence or awe, and is the common word by which the worship of God is designated in the Scriptures. The meaning is, that he is worthy of profound reverence or adoration.
He is a great king over all the earth - He rules the world. He is a universal Sovereign. The immediate “occasion” of saying this, when the psalm was composed, was evidently some victory (which had been achieved over the enemies of the people of God) so decided, and so immediately by the divine power, as to prove that he has absolute control over all nations.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 47:2. For 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.
