John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 47:7
For God is the King of all the earth ,.... Or "the king of all the earth is God" F5 So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Michaelis. ; the same that is ascended into heaven, and is King of saints, even Christ Jesus; and so he will appear to be, especially in the latter day; See Gill on Psalm 47:2 ; sing ye praises with understanding ; or, as De Dieu renders it, to him that understandeth, that is, to God the only wise, whose understanding is infinite; even to Christ,... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 47:5-9
We are here most earnestly pressed to praise God, and to sing his praises; so backward are we to this duty that we have need to be urged to it by precept upon precept, and line upon line; so we are here (Ps. 47:6): Sing praises to God, and again, Sing praises, Sing praises to our King, and again, Sing praises. This intimates that it is a very necessary and excellent duty, that it is a duty we ought to be frequent and abundant in; we may sing praises again and again in the same words, and it is... read more