“O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.”
The psalmist opens with an exhortation to all people to clap their hands and shout to God with loud songs of joy. The exhortation to physical expression—clapping and shouting—suggests that praise should involve the entire body and reach full vocal volume. The invitation extends to all people, suggesting that the praise of God concerns not merely Israel but all peoples. This opening establishes that the occasion calls for exuberant and universal celebration.
Church Fathers on Psalms 47:1
1. The title of the Psalm goes thus. “To the end: for the sons of Korah: a Psalm of David himself.” These sons of Korah have the title also of some other Psalms, and indicate a sweet mystery, insinuate a great Sacrament: wherein let us willingly understand ourselves, and let us acknowledge in the title us who hear, and read, and as in a glass set before us behold who we are. The sons of Korah, who are they?. ..Haply the sons of the Bridegroom. For the Bridegroom was crucified…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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