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Selected Verse: Psalms 47:2 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 47:2 |
King James |
For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| His universal sovereignty now exists, and will be made known. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
For the Lord most high - Yahweh, the Most High God; that is, who is exalted above all other beings. Compare Exo 18:11; Ch1 16:25 Psa 96:4; Ch2 2:5; Psa 95:3.
Is terrible - literally, is to be feared; that is, reverenced and adored. There is an idea in the words "terrible" and "terror" which is not contained in the original, as if there were something harsh, severe, stern, in his character. The word in the original does not go beyond the notion of inspiring reverence or awe, and is the common word by which the worship of God is designated in the Scriptures. The meaning is, that he is worthy of profound reverence or adoration.
He is a great king over all the earth - He rules the world. He is a universal Sovereign. The immediate "occasion" of saying this, when the psalm was composed, was evidently some victory (which had been achieved over the enemies of the people of God) so decided, and so immediately by the divine power, as to prove that he has absolute control over all nations. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For the Lord most high is terrible - He has insufferable majesty, and is a great King - the mightiest of all emperors, for he is Sovereign over the whole earth. |
3 For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods.
5 And the house which I build is great: for great is our God above all gods.
4 For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: he is to be feared above all gods.
25 For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised: he also is to be feared above all gods.
11 Now I know that the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.