Psalm 47
Darby Translation · 9 verses
To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.
1All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph!2For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.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.5God 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.8God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.9The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, [with] the people of the God of Abraham. For unto God [belong] the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.Darby's Synopsis
Psalm 47 only pursues this deliverance to its bright results for Israel according to God's glory in the earth. Jehovah is now a great King over all the earth (compare Zech. 14). He subdues the nations under Israel and Himself chooses their inheritance. This is triumphantly celebrated from verses 5-9, and the association of the princes of the peoples now owning God, with the people of the God of Abraham. He is specially Israel's (the remnant's) King, but if He is, He is King of all the earth.
Text: J. N. Darby, The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation from the Original Languages, public domain. Emphasized words are Darby's own. Provenance on the sources page.