Psalms 47:2 - Exposition

For the Lord Most High is terrible (comp. Deuteronomy 7:21 ; and see also Psalms 65:5 ; Psalms 68:35 ; Psalms 76:7-9 ). God is "terrible"— i.e. awful to contemplate-on account of his vast power and his absolute holiness. He is a great King over all the earth. Not only over Israel, or over the nations which David has conquered, but ever every nation on the face of the earth (comp. Psalms 95:3 , Psalms 95:4 ; Psalms 96:10 ; Psalms 97:1 , etc.).