Psalms 47

The AIT Bible

0For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm.

Clap Your Hands, All Peoples

1All you peoples, clap your hands; shout to God with a voice of ringing joy!

2For Yahweh Most High is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

3He subdues peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

4He chose for us our inheritance, the pride of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

5God has gone up amid a shout, Yahweh amid the sound of the trumpet.

6Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our king, sing praises!

7For God is king of all the earth; sing praises with a maskil.

8God reigns over the nations; God sits upon his holy throne.

9The nobles of the peoples are gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God — he is greatly exalted.

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Clap Your Hands, All Peoples

allusion Malachi 1:14 — Shared declaration of Yahweh as a great king over the earth to be feared among the nations.
thematic Genesis 12:3 — The gathering of the nations' nobles to the God of Abraham echoes the promise that all peoples would be blessed through Abraham.
thematic Malachi 1:6 — 'I am a great King' echoes the psalmic proclamation of Yahweh as a great king over all the earth.
thematic Psalms 95:3 — Both proclaim Yahweh a great king over all the earth, superior to all gods.
thematic Psalms 47:2 — Repetition within the psalm of the declaration that God is king of all the earth.
thematic Psalms 93:1 — Both celebrate Yahweh's kingship, reigning enthroned over the nations.
thematic Psalms 99:1 — Both proclaim God's reign enthroned over the peoples/nations.
thematic Psalms 68:18 — Both describe God's triumphant ascent (going up) as king, imagery associated with divine enthronement.
thematic Psalms 47:1 — Repetition within the psalm of the declaration that God is king of all the earth.
thematic Psalms 98:4 — Both celebrate Yahweh as the great King acclaimed with joyful shouting and horn/trumpet.

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