Introduction
To the chief Musician. A Psalm for the sons of Korah.
The fundamental idea of Psalms 46, 48 is the same, namely, praise to God as the true King and Saviour of Israel. They agree, also, as hymns of praise on the occasion of some great deliverance, without a battle, from heathen armies. In Psalms 47:0, however, there is no allusion to “chariots,” as in Psalms 46:9; nor to supplies of water as the pride of Jerusalem, with a pointing to Hezekiah’s reign. See note on Psalms 46:4. But with Hengstenberg, Delitzsch, Moll, and others, we may safely refer Psalms 47:0 to the reign of Jehoshaphat, concerning the invasion of the hostile Arabians, whose object was to expel the Israelites from the land, 2 Chronicles 20:11, as alluded to in Psalms 47:4 of the psalm. The jubilant praises of the Korahite choristers accord well, also, with 2 Chronicles 20:19; 2 Chronicles 20:22. The subjugation of the heathen nations to Jehovah was the common medium through which the Old Testament prophets contemplated the conquest of Messiah and his spiritual Church, and thus this psalm has been accepted both by Jews and Christians as Messianic. Psalms 47:5 has been commonly taken as referring to the ascension of Christ, with which its very joyful and triumphant tone throughout agrees.
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