2 For the Lord Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth.
2 For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
2 For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
2 God Most High is stunning, astride land and ocean.
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth.
8 Praise our God, all peoples, let the sound of his praise be heard;
8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard:
8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of his praise be heard,
8 Bless our God, O peoples! Give him a thunderous welcome!
8 Oh, bless our God, you peoples! And make the voice of His praise to be heard,
8 Let the whole world bless our God and loudly sing his praises.
(Read Psalm 66:8-12)
The Lord not only preserves our temporal life, but maintains the spiritual life which he has given to believers. By afflictions we are proved, as silver in the fire. The troubles of the church will certainly end well. Through various conflicts and troubles, the slave of Satan escapes from his yoke, and obtains joy and peace in believing: through much tribulation the believer must enter into the kingdom of God.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 47:2
Commentary on Psalm 47:1-4
(Read Psalm 47:1-4)
The God with whom we have to do, is a God of awful majesty. The universal and absolute sovereignty of a holy God would be too terrible for us even to think of, were it not exercised by his Son from a mercy-seat; but now it is only terrible to the workers of iniquity. While his people express confidence and joy, and animate each other in serving him, let sinners submit to his authority, and accept his salvation. Jesus Christ shall subdue the Gentiles; he shall bring them as sheep into the fold, not for slaughter, but for preservation. He shall subdue their affections, and make them a willing people in the day of his power. Also it speaks of his giving them rest and settlement. Apply this spiritually; the Lord himself has undertaken to be the inheritance of his people. It shows the faith and submission of the saints. This is the language of every gracious soul, The Lord shall choose my inheritance for me; he knows what is good for me better than I do.