“He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.”
The affirmation that God most high is terrible and a great king over all the earth establishes divine majesty and supremacy over all earthly powers. The designation of God as terrible emphasizes both the awesome nature of divine power and the fear that appropriately accompanies recognition of such majesty. The reference to God as king over all the earth establishes universal dominion; no realm or people escapes God's sovereignty. The connection between God's terrible majesty and role as great king suggests that divine power provides the foundation for universal rule. This verse emphasizes both the awesome and the kingly dimensions of God's nature and authority.
Church Fathers on Psalms 47:3
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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