Psalms 47 (DBY)

Chapter Text

47:1 {To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph!

47:2 For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.

47:3 He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

47:4 He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

47:5 God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet.

47:6 Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!

47:7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.

47:8 God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

47:9 The 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.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "chief", "musician", "sons", "korah", "psalm", "peoples", "clap", and "hands". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "chief" and "musician", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local DBY text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "chief" and "musician" carries the first interpretive weight. In Psalms context, the local focus is worship, trust, the LORD's kingship, and covenant mercy.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "chief" and "musician" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.