This once again seems to focus on the future Millennium reign. His "triumph" in verse 1 results in being King over the earth (v. 2); and then subduing people under Him (verse 3). The concept of His ruling with an iron rod is in Psalm 2:9 and also found in multiple passages in Revelation.
The inheritance of His choice in verse 4 ties in with the eternal covenant with Abraham in Genesis 15:18. These have yet to be completed; they were only partially so during Solomon's reign and then eventually the nation split between Israel and Judah and there were multiple invasions and diasporas. The term "shields" seems to represent the protective aspect of God especially in the area where Christ rules in the Holy mountain during the Millennium. This is seen in Isaiah 2:2 but also envisioned in many other scriptures especially Zechariah. Isaiah 11 and 65 discuss even the animals submitting; along with no one causing harm in this place at that time. Obviously after this time in eternity nowhere will anyone cause harm once the heavenly city descends to earth and we have a final new heaven and earth. Agape.
Verses 5 through 8 discuss shouting and singing praises and repeats the theme in verse 8 of God "ruling over the heathen" as well as sitting on His throne.
The princes in the last verse could well represent the church as we are to rule and reign as kings and priests ( Rev. 1:6 etal).
While it is true that some of the clan of Korah, a Levite, led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, not all of the descendants of Korah rebelled and were swallowed up by the earth. The clan of Korah were musicians, composers of songs/hymns/psalms. They often led the Israelites in processions of worship. They were the "worship leaders" of the time".
Apparently, in the incident of rebellion, most of Korah's clan rebelled. They seemed to not be satisfied with their divinely appointed duties of being the Lord's musicians and singer/songwriters. They wanted what was not theirs to have, more leadership, prestige, and power.
But the ones who did not rebel continued in their appointed service to the LORD and David tells of how glad he was to go up to the house of the LORD with these musicians. David also was a musician, but not a Levite, therefore he could not lead the worship. How he would have loved to be given such an opportunity! But he accepted his place as king, and continued as a musician, writing many psalms, dancing before the LORD, shouting and clapping to the music before the LORD.
I think each of us need to learn God's call on our lives and serve in the capacity He gives us without coveting what others get to do. We can do our best in our given area of service and be thankful for the service of others in their given areas. We can rejoice and celebrate the varied gifts, talents, and skills of others. We are all being built into a holy "house" of the LORD as we all are fit together according to His plan.
Korah was a Levite, a cousin of Moses, and a man of ability and influence. Though appointed to the service of the tabernacle, he had become dissatisfied with his position and aspired to the dignity of the priesthood.
Korah led a revolt against Moses; he died, along with all his co-conspirators, when God caused "the earth to open her mouth and swallow him and all that appertained to them" ( Numbers 16:31-33).
Korah is the central figure in the story of the revolt against the authority and status of Moses at the time of the wanderings in the wilderness ( Num. 16). According to the story in its present form, Dathan and Abiram of the tribe of Reuben, together with 250 chieftains of the community, also took part in this revolt.
It was significant this accusation was made publicly, in front of 250 leaders of the congregation; men of renown.
Men like Korah are always playing to an audience, always trying to draw a following after themselves - after Moses has already gathered the nation and led them this far, of course.
Numbers 16 gives the account of Korah seems he gather renown men to go against Moses and Arron God separated Moses and his men and then destroyed Korah and those who were with him. Maybe that Korah pulled a Lucifer on Moses and thought Moses lifted himself up not God and he and his contingent was holier than Moses was. Maybe it's warning to others of this act of rebellion against God
My God Jehovah is "terrible"; meaning in this case- His is awesome, great, wonderful to behold, beyond anything we can think of, amazing, awe inspiring, astounding....
However none of these terms do justice to describe the true greatness and majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ, God Almighty.
Praise the Lord. May the Lord shine his face upon us; May His blessedness be continually upon all who call Him Lord and Savior. May we truly await His coming even in the face of all the turmoil and grief we go through.
However, if you mean that when you do a Search on this KJB Site (i.e. Selecting a Bible Book) & you want to scroll down to a particular Psalm in the Psalter, but you find that all the Books are shown as having individual chapters, then you're right: the Psalms don't have chapters as other books but individual Psalms. They are listed as chapters here so as to keep everything standardized with the other Bible Books.
Psalms has chapters. Are you assuming the book is not supposed to have them today? If you are referring to the original Hebrew or Greek scrolls, then yes, ancient scrolls didn't have chapters or verses, but that wasn't just Psalms, but all books of the Bible. The scrolls had natural breaks and spacing that could be interpreted as paragraphs or chunks of thought. The chapters and verses makes it much easier to read and share without changing any of the meaning. It was also copied onto papyrus and hand copied back then. Today it's on the internet and on mobile devices and in English so we can understand and read it in our own language easily.
Lord, set up Your Kingdom in my heart today. I need You to continue to teach me more of You O LORD Of All! May my soul thirst continually for You. Thank You for paying my sin debt at Calvary. Jesus is the sweetest Name I know. I will Praise You!
The word terrible is ment for those who are against Him and Rightousness, GOD can be terrible. Read Exodus and see just how terrible He can be, The ten plagues the first three the Israelites sufferd right along with Egyptians, They had been in Egypt for so many generations they picked up alot of there religous beliefs and drifted away from GOD, so He had to wake them up.
Just because people have different views on the word terrible doesn't give anyone the right if not by God's standard to say we want to change the truth of God's word we sometimes need help in understanding why would he use the word terrible? It's logical today to ask such questions. Question is do you have the Godly attitude and reaction that were suppose to have, after they asked them.
Cee: Yes,another word could've been used. Back when The Word was written the Word terrible was correct for them because they understood what it meant, today not quite the same. Fearful or dreadful can be used. They come from The same Hebrew word. Revelation6:8 some say dale or gray horse, but in The Greek it's green horse. They never heard of a green horse. So they used pale or gray.
Cee; Read Job 23:8-17. Job is afraid of God, Job knows what is happening to him is caused by God. Psalms 47:2 is telling you God is "terrible." Why do you request another word? His word is living and powerful. Those who do not believe Him will perish.
V. 2 - For the Lord most high is terrible - means He is GLORIOUS, MAJESTIC, ALL-POWERFUL, MERCIFUL, GRACIOUS, MIGHTY GOD, .................; but - He's not macho nor top dog or any non biblical terms; the Bible does more than enough justice to Him. Let's not try to bring Him down to our level; let's let HIM raise us to His level - Acts 2:37-38
This is just the most encouraging Psalm for me today. I needed this. I am going to continue forging ahead until I am victorious. I am Never letting go of his hand. God is awesome, wonderful and amazing!
This psalm helps me to understand that I was concentrating on the wrong thing. God is in control and I will trust and lean on him. When I do this I am not worried and I feel encouraged.
I love this!! It's letting us know God is ruler not only in the heavely but in the Earth! Whatever your facing, he is telling you he is the boss! All is subject to him! Even the worldly people that you face, and oppose you are subject to God. Praise him with understanding is to know why you praise him!! So, if all you had to go by today was psalms 47..I'm got this!! Trust me!!
I got up 2 days ago with this psalm I dreamed about, and after reading it's telling me to don't give up hope, continue to pray and give GOD praise no matter what I'm going thru.. but, right now I feel like Job...
Psalm 47 is awesome, it talk about God is the King,and I Love when they say praise the Lord,He is worthy to be praised.praise Him no matter what praise Him.
This once again seems to focus on the future Millennium reign. His "triumph" in verse 1 results in being King over the earth (v. 2); and then subduing people under Him (verse 3). The concept of His ruling with an iron rod is in Psalm 2:9 and also found in multiple passages in Revelation.
The inheritance of His choice in verse 4 ties in with the eternal covenant with Abraham in Genesis 15:18. These have yet to be completed; they were only partially so during Solomon's reign and then eventually the nation split between Israel and Judah and there were multiple invasions and diasporas. The term "shields" seems to represent the protective aspect of God especially in the area where Christ rules in the Holy mountain during the Millennium. This is seen in Isaiah 2:2 but also envisioned in many other scriptures especially Zechariah. Isaiah 11 and 65 discuss even the animals submitting; along with no one causing harm in this place at that time. Obviously after this time in eternity nowhere will anyone cause harm once the heavenly city descends to earth and we have a final new heaven and earth. Agape.
Verses 5 through 8 discuss shouting and singing praises and repeats the theme in verse 8 of God "ruling over the heathen" as well as sitting on His throne.
The princes in the last verse could well represent the church as we are to rule and reign as kings and priests ( Rev. 1:6 etal).
While it is true that some of the clan of Korah, a Levite, led a rebellion against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness, not all of the descendants of Korah rebelled and were swallowed up by the earth. The clan of Korah were musicians, composers of songs/hymns/psalms. They often led the Israelites in processions of worship. They were the "worship leaders" of the time".
Apparently, in the incident of rebellion, most of Korah's clan rebelled. They seemed to not be satisfied with their divinely appointed duties of being the Lord's musicians and singer/songwriters. They wanted what was not theirs to have, more leadership, prestige, and power.
But the ones who did not rebel continued in their appointed service to the LORD and David tells of how glad he was to go up to the house of the LORD with these musicians. David also was a musician, but not a Levite, therefore he could not lead the worship. How he would have loved to be given such an opportunity! But he accepted his place as king, and continued as a musician, writing many psalms, dancing before the LORD, shouting and clapping to the music before the LORD.
I think each of us need to learn God's call on our lives and serve in the capacity He gives us without coveting what others get to do. We can do our best in our given area of service and be thankful for the service of others in their given areas. We can rejoice and celebrate the varied gifts, talents, and skills of others. We are all being built into a holy "house" of the LORD as we all are fit together according to His plan.
Korah was a Levite, a cousin of Moses, and a man of ability and influence. Though appointed to the service of the tabernacle, he had become dissatisfied with his position and aspired to the dignity of the priesthood.
Korah led a revolt against Moses; he died, along with all his co-conspirators, when God caused "the earth to open her mouth and swallow him and all that appertained to them" ( Numbers 16:31-33).
Korah is the central figure in the story of the revolt against the authority and status of Moses at the time of the wanderings in the wilderness ( Num. 16). According to the story in its present form, Dathan and Abiram of the tribe of Reuben, together with 250 chieftains of the community, also took part in this revolt.
It was significant this accusation was made publicly, in front of 250 leaders of the congregation; men of renown.
Men like Korah are always playing to an audience, always trying to draw a following after themselves - after Moses has already gathered the nation and led them this far, of course.
However none of these terms do justice to describe the true greatness and majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ, God Almighty.
Praise the Lord. May the Lord shine his face upon us; May His blessedness be continually upon all who call Him Lord and Savior. May we truly await His coming even in the face of all the turmoil and grief we go through.
September 6, 2021
I was just proud my students remembered this.
Tks again.