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God is King of All the Earth

Date: Jul. 6, 2021

Passage

Psalm 47:1-9

God Is King over All the Earth

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

47:1   Clap your hands, all peoples!
    Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
2   For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared,
    a great king over all the earth.
3   He subdued peoples under us,
    and nations under our feet.
4   He chose our heritage for us,
    the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
5   God has gone up with a shout,
    the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
6   Sing praises to God, sing praises!
    Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7   For God is the King of all the earth;
    sing praises with a psalm!
8   God reigns over the nations;
    God sits on his holy throne.
9   The princes of the peoples gather
    as the people of the God of Abraham.
  For the shields of the earth belong to God;
    he is highly exalted!

Key Verse: Psalm 47:7

For God is the King of all the earth;
sing praises with a psalm!

First, shout to God with cries of joy (1-4). This psalm praises God, who is the great King over all the earth and all nations. The psalmist invites “all you nations”—that is, the non-Jewish world—to shout to God with cries of joy. Why? Because the LORD Most High is awesome. He subdued nations and gave Israel their inheritance.

Second, sing praise to God, sing praises (5-9). The Jews sang this psalm for the new year, recalling the ark of the covenant brought up to Jerusalem when David danced before the LORD. Verse 6 bursts with singing praises to God. Why? Because he is King of all the earth. The nobles of the nation and the kings of the earth belong to God. God reigns; he is greatly exalted. Christians used this psalm to recall Jesus’ ascension into heaven as cause for rejoicing.

Prayer: Prayer: LORD Most High, you are awesome, the great King over all the earth and all the nations. We sing praises to you, Lord Jesus, for all peoples belong to you. You are greatly exalted.

One Word: One Word: Sing praises to the King

We Are Your Sheep, Lord

Psalm 79:1-13

Key Verse: 79:13

But we your people, the sheep of your pasture,
will give thanks to you forever;
from generation to generation we will recount your praise.

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