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Psalm 47:5
God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
3He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.
4He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
5God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!
7For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.
Notice
The shout and trumpet make God’s ascent a moment of public celebration, drawing attention to the glad, audible praise surrounding the King of all the earth.
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1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with God’s trumpet. The dead in Christ will rise first,Both passages accompany the Lord’s movement with a shout and trumpet, though the psalm describes ascent and Thessalonians describes descent.
Psalm 100:1A Psalm of thanksgiving. Shout for joy to the LORD, all you lands!The shout accompanying God’s ascent in Psalm 47 shares the glad, audible praise commanded to all lands in Psalm 100.
Daniel 7:13“I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of the sky one like a son of man, and he came even to the Ancient of Days, and they brought …Both depict majestic movement, though Daniel describes a son of man approaching the Ancient of Days rather than God going up.
Psalm 47:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!The opening command for all nations to shout to God finds a matching sound in the shout accompanying his ascent.
Psalm 68:33to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.Both passages join exalted movement with sound: God goes up amid shouting in one and rides the heavens with a mighty voice in the other.
Psalm 68:18You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell …Both passages speak of ascent, with Psalm 68 adding captives and gifts to its description of going on high.
1 Corinthians 15:52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed.A trumpet sounds in both passages, accompanying God’s ascent in the psalm and the raising of the dead in Corinthians.
Revelation 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ. He will …Both passages feature loud celebration of divine kingship, expressed through the psalm’s shout and Revelation’s great voices in heaven.
Numbers 10:1–10The supplied line names the LORD in both passages; it does not yet mention the trumpet heard in the psalm.
Joshua 6:5It shall be that when they make a long blast with the ram’s horn, and when you hear the sound of the trumpet, all the people shall shout with a great shout; …Both passages combine a trumpet, a shout, and upward movement, though Joshua describes the people advancing after the wall falls.
2 Samuel 6:15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the LORD’s ark with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.Both describe going up with shouting and a trumpet; Samuel names David and Israel bringing up the LORD’s ark.
Revelation 8:6–13The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.Trumpets appear in both passages, though Revelation’s supplied line describes angels preparing to sound them rather than a celebration of ascent.
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Your voice need not match a trumpet’s strength to join this praise. The celebration centers on God’s greatness: the one who has gone up is King of all the earth.
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