Psalm 47:2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
Psalm 47 is again For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. It begins with a call to the nations to Clap your hands, and shout to God with cries of joy. The encouragement is repeated in verse 6 with more enthusiasm again - Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. What prompts this call to praise is the subduing of nations under God's beloved people. From this is extrapolated the fact that God is the King of all the earth (verse 7) and so should be praised by all. At the end of the psalm (verse 9) the writer boldly envisages not "a win for Israel" but The nobles of the nations assembling as the people of the God of Abraham. If we focus on verse 2 we notice that it uses the term the LORD Most High. This is a combination of the sacred name revealed to Israel and the name for God most often used among Gentiles. This God is awesome and the great King over all the earth! It is his awesome nature that enables him to reign over all. One day all will fall down before it.
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