“KING OVER ALL THE EARTH”

Psa_47:1-9



This psalm may have been sung in the valley of Berachah, where Jehoshaphat celebrated his victory over the Moabites. See 2Ch_20:1-37. When some great deliverance has been granted, we should break out in blessing and praise. Notice Psa_47:3-4! They are rightly placed side by side; because God will not subdue our enemies under us, unless we have allowed Him to choose our life-plan. Live on that plan and you are unconquerable.

In the second division, Psa_47:5-9, Jehovah is depicted as returning from the war to his dwelling-place in the height of Zion. This seems to anticipate the Ascension, when Jesus became the enthroned King of men. They fail to recognize Him now, but some day the princes of the people shall be gathered together, and the kingdoms of the world shall have become the one kingdom of the Christ, Rev_15:4. The shields of the earth, Psa_47:9, are its princes and leaders. See Hos_4:18, r.v., margin. The kings of wealth, science, art, literature, and power will one day bring their glory and honor into the gates of the New Jerusalem, Rev_1:5; Rev_21:24.