LHC Midday Word: PSALM Forty Seven

Monday, 6 December 2021

PSALM Forty Seven

For the director of music.

Of the Sons of Korah.

A psalm.

Clap your hands, all you nations;

shout to God with cries of joy.

For the Lord Most High is awesome,

the great King over all the earth.

He subdued nations under us,

peoples under our feet.

He chose our inheritance for us,

the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.

God has ascended amid shouts of joy,

the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.

Sing praises to God, sing praises;

sing praises to our King, sing praises.

For God is the King of all the earth;

sing to him a psalm of praise.

God reigns over the nations;

God is seated on his holy throne.

The nobles of the nations assemble

as the people of the God of Abraham,

for the kings of the earth belong to God;

he is greatly exalted.

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Word by Word Meditations

by Fred Ursell

Psalm 47 : “ascended” (v.5)

Look at how wound up the Psalmist gets : “sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises” (v.6). He babbles four times the same words in quick succession. What’s he on? Why so hyper? A promotion in his job? A party in the family? A sporting success? He wants the whole world to know! “Clap your hands, all you nations!” (v.1).

He’d ‘seen’ something incomprehensible : “God has ascended” (v.5). Who has? Where from, and where to? It is just like in “when you ascended …” (Psalm 68 v.18).

They saw Jesus! Compare Ephesians 4 vv.8-10.

Isn’t that exciting - super exciting?

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READING

Psalm Forty Seven

Read by David Suchet