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Psalms 47

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O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness. The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

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Psalms 47:2

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Augustine of Hippo

"For the Lord Most High is terrible" [Psalm 47:2]. The Most High in descending made like one ludicrous, by ascending into Heaven is made terrible. "A great King over all the earth." Not only over the Jews; for over them also He is King. For of them also the Apostles believed and of them many thousands of men sold their goods, and laid the price at the Apostles' feet, [Acts 4:34] and in them was fulfilled what in the title of the Cross was written, "The King of the Jews." [Matthew 27:37] For He is King also of the Jews. …

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Thomas Aquinas

"Because the Lord." Here the cause of praise is set forth, and the goods that flow from the greatness of God. And first the greatness of God is set forth. Second, the sign of His greatness. The greatness of God is commended in two ways. First, through the loftiness of His power. Second, through the majesty of His dominion. He says therefore: God is to be praised on account of the loftiness of His nature, "because the Lord is most high." Ps. 112: "The Lord is high above all nations," etc. …

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