Table of Contents
Psalm 47
Psalm 47
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
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.
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
Notes
Cross Reference
Concordance
Commentary
Rashi
Verse 2
<html><b>clap hands</b> Join together with one another to shout to God with a voice of praise.</html>
Verse 4
<html><b>He shall plague peoples in our stead</b> Heb. ידבר עמים תחתינו, He shall afflict the peoples with a plague (דבר) instead of our soul(s) so that His wrath will subside through them, and we will be saved, as the matter that is stated (Isa. 43:3): “I have given Egypt as your ransom, etc.” Menachem, however, associated it with an expression of leading (p. 61).</html>
Verse 5
<html><b>He shall choose…for us</b> and restore us to its midst. Then He will be exalted with the trumpet blast and the sound of the shofar that we will sound before Him over the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, and we will say, “Sing to God, etc.”</html>
Verse 9
<html><b>God has reigned over nations</b> So will everyone say. <b>God has sat upon His holy throne</b> Now the throne is complete and the greatness is recognized, and they will declare that the volunteers of the people have gathered to His city.</html>
Verse 10
<html><b>The volunteers of the peoples</b> Who offered themselves to the slaughter, to be slain for the sanctity of His name. <b>the people of the God of Abraham</b> who was the first volunteer, the first of the proselytes [he was the first to volunteer himself to proselytize]. Now it is known that <b>God has the shields of the earth</b> and He has the power to be a shield for all who trust in Him.</html>