To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Thus psalm is thought by some to be written on occasion of the ark being brought from the house of Obededom to the city of David, to the place he had prepared for it; which was attended with singing and dancing, with shouting, and the sound of a…

O clap your hands, all ye people, Meaning the Gentiles more especially; see compared with ; who had reason to rejoice and be glad, since the ascended Lord and King here spoken of was given to be their Saviour, was the propitiation for their sins, and had given himself a ransom price for them; and…

For the Lord most high is terrible Christ is not only the Son of the Highest, but he himself is the most high God, God over all, blessed for ever. He is higher than the highest, than the angels in heaven, or any of the sons of men on earth.

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. ] As Joshua, his type, subdued the Canaanites; and as David, another type of subdued the Syrians, Moabites, and others: the Jews from these words expect, that, in the times of the Messiah they look for, the Gentiles in a literal…

He shall choose our inheritance for us Either a portion in this life; God knows what is best for his people, and therefore they should leave it with him, who can make a better choice for them than for themselves: an Heathen [[2]] once gave this advice, “give thyself wholly to the will and disposal…

God is gone up with a shout That is, the Son of God, who is truly and properly God, equal to the Father, having the same perfections; God manifest in the flesh, the Word that was made flesh, and dwelt among men on earth; who in the next clause is called “Lord” or “Jehovah”, being the everlasting “I…

Sing praises to God That is gone up with a shout, Christ Jesus, our ascended Lord and King, as the apostles did at the time of his ascension, (Luke 24:52, Luke 24:53) ; sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises: who was then made Lord and Christ, declared King of saints, and crowned…

For God is the King of all the earth Or “the king of all the earth is God” [[4]]; 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 Ps.

God reigneth over the Heathen He reigned over Israel under the former dispensation, and now he reigns over the Gentiles under the Gospel dispensation; as appears by the numerous instances of conversion among them in the first ages of Christianity; and by the many churches that were planted by the…

The princes of the people are gathered together Not against Christ, as at his first coming, but to him, and to his church and people; even the great men of the earth, the kings and princes of it, as they will in the latter day; see (Isa. 60:3, Isa. 60:10, Isa.