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Psalms 47:5
God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the worshiping community, shifting from declaring God's chosen inheritance to announcing a liturgical moment of divine ascent. The scene captures the congregation's commanded response as God enters His throne room.
The words — The Hebrew עָלָ֣ה ('alah) literally means "he has gone up," paired with תְּרוּעָ֑ה (teruah) for "shout of joy" and שׁוֹפָֽר (shofar) for "ram's horn." These terms frame the ascent as a proclaimed, celebratory event rather than a quiet passage.
The thread — This ascent motif runs through Psalms 24:7 and 68:33, where gates are lifted for the entering King and His voice resounds from the highest heavens. The imagery also parallels the warrior-like awakening described in Psalm 78:65.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that worship follows divine action, requiring the reader to join the proclaimed celebration instead of observing it passively. It frames obedience as a direct response to God's sovereign movement into His presence.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Cross-references
- Psalms 68:33 to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
- Psalms 24:7 Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter!
- Psalms 78:65 Then the Lord awoke as from sleep, like a mighty warrior overcome by wine.
- 1 Corinthians 15:52 in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
- Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
- Numbers 10:1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
- Numbers 23:21 He considers no disaster for Jacob; He sees no trouble for Israel. The LORD their God is with them, and the shout of the King is among them.
- Joshua 6:5 And when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
- 2 Samuel 6:15 while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.