Psalm 47:5
New International Version
God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.

New Living Translation
God has ascended with a mighty shout. The LORD has ascended with trumpets blaring.

English Standard Version
God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

Berean Standard Bible
God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.

King James Bible
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

New King James Version
God has gone up with a shout, The LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

New American Standard Bible
God has ascended with a shout, The LORD, with the sound of a trumpet.

NASB 1995
God has ascended with a shout, The LORD, with the sound of a trumpet.

NASB 1977
God has ascended with a shout, The LORD, with the sound of a trumpet.

Legacy Standard Bible
God has ascended with a loud shout, Yahweh, with the sound of a trumpet.

Amplified Bible
God has ascended amid shouting, The LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

Christian Standard Bible
God ascends among shouts of joy, the LORD, with the sound of a ram’s horn.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
God ascends among shouts of joy, the LORD, among the sound of trumpets.

American Standard Version
God is gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

Contemporary English Version
God goes up to his throne, as people shout and trumpets blast.

English Revised Version
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
God has gone up with a joyful shout. The LORD has gone up with the sound of a ram's horn.

Good News Translation
God goes up to his throne. There are shouts of joy and the blast of trumpets, as the LORD goes up.

International Standard Version
God has ascended on high with a shout, the LORD has ascended with the blast of a trumpet.

Majority Standard Bible
God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.

NET Bible
God has ascended his throne amid loud shouts; the LORD has ascended his throne amid the blaring of ram's horns.

New Heart English Bible
God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

Webster's Bible Translation
God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

World English Bible
God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
God has gone up with a shout, "" YHWH with the sound of a horn.

Young's Literal Translation
God hath gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

Smith's Literal Translation
God went up with a shout, Jehovah with the voice of a trumpet.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.

Catholic Public Domain Version
God ascends with jubilation, and the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.

New American Bible
God has gone up with a shout; the LORD, amid trumpet blasts.

New Revised Standard Version
God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
God is gone up with glory, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
God went up in glory! LORD JEHOVAH with the sound of the trumpet!
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
God is gone up amidst shouting, The LORD amidst the sound of the horn.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples
4He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah 5God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn. 6Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!…

Cross References
Acts 1:9-11
After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight. / They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them. / “Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven.”

Ephesians 4:8-10
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.” / What does “He ascended” mean, except that He also descended to the lower parts of the earth? / He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.

1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.

Hebrews 9:24
For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Luke 24:51
While He was blessing them, He left them and was carried up into heaven.

Mark 16:19
After the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was taken up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God.

John 6:62
Then what will happen if you see the Son of Man ascend to where He was before?

John 3:13
No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

Daniel 7:13-14
In my vision in the night I continued to watch, and I saw One like the Son of Man coming with the clouds of heaven. He approached the Ancient of Days and was led into His presence. / And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.

2 Kings 2:11
As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire with horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up into heaven in a whirlwind.

Psalm 68:18
You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

Psalm 24:7-10
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter! / Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. / Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter! ...

Psalm 110:1
A Psalm of David. The LORD said to my Lord: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet.”

Isaiah 52:13
Behold, My Servant will prosper; He will be raised and lifted up and highly exalted.

Isaiah 6:1
In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord seated on a throne, high and exalted; and the train of His robe filled the temple.


Treasury of Scripture

God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

God

Psalm 24:7-10
Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in…

Psalm 68:17-19,24,25,33
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place

Luke 24:51-53
And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from them, and carried up into heaven…

with a shout

Psalm 78:65
Then the Lord awaked as one out of sleep, and like a mighty man that shouteth by reason of wine.

Numbers 23:21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

2 Samuel 6:15
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.

sound

Psalm 81:3
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

Psalm 150:3
Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

Numbers 10:1-10
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, …

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God has ascended
The phrase "God has ascended" evokes a powerful image of divine majesty and authority. The Hebrew root for "ascended" is "עָלָה" (alah), which means to go up, to rise, or to be exalted. This imagery is reminiscent of a king ascending to his throne, symbolizing God's supreme rule over all creation. Historically, this can be linked to the Ark of the Covenant being brought to Jerusalem, representing God's presence among His people. Spiritually, it foreshadows Christ's ascension into heaven, affirming His victory over sin and death and His eternal reign.

amid shouts of joy
The "shouts of joy" reflect the exuberant praise and celebration of God's people. The Hebrew word "תְּרוּעָה" (teruah) signifies a loud, joyful noise, often associated with victory or celebration. This phrase captures the communal aspect of worship, where the congregation collectively acknowledges God's greatness and triumph. In a historical context, such shouts would accompany significant events like military victories or religious festivals, emphasizing the communal joy in God's deliverance and sovereignty.

the LORD
The term "the LORD" is a translation of the Hebrew "יהוה" (YHWH), the sacred and personal name of God revealed to Moses. This name signifies God's eternal, self-existent nature and His covenant relationship with His people. It underscores His faithfulness and unchanging character. In the context of this psalm, it highlights that the One who ascends is not just any deity, but the covenant-keeping God of Israel, who is worthy of all honor and praise.

with the sound of the horn
The "sound of the horn" refers to the blowing of the shofar, a ram's horn, which was used in ancient Israel for various purposes, including religious ceremonies, signaling in battle, and marking significant events. The Hebrew word "שׁוֹפָר" (shofar) is rich in symbolism, representing both a call to worship and a proclamation of God's kingship. The use of the shofar in this verse signifies a divine announcement, a call to attention, and a celebration of God's enthronement. It serves as a reminder of God's presence and power, echoing through the ages as a call to recognize His sovereignty and to respond with reverence and joy.

(5) Is gone up.--Not, as in Genesis 17:22, Judges 13:20, to heaven, but, as in Psalms 24, to the Temple, as is shown by the public acclaim accompanying the ark to its resting-place after victory. (Comp. 2Chronicles 20:28; Psalm 68:17; Amos 2:2.)

Verse 5. - God is gone up with a shout; the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. As God "comes down" when he interposes for the relief or deliverance of his people (Psalm 144:5), so after the relief or deliverance is effected, he is viewed as "going up" - returning to his glorious abode, reoccupying his seat in the heaven of heavens, and there remaining until some fresh call is made upon him. If the interposition has been one of a striking and unusual character, if the relief has been great, the deliverance signal, the triumph accorded to his people extraordinary, then he "goes up with a shout" - amid the exulting cries and loud jubilations of rescued Israel. When the occasion is such as to call for a public manifestation of thanksgiving at the house of God (2 Chronicles 20:28), then he "goes up" also "with the sound of the trumpet," which was always sounded by the priests on great occasions of festal joy and gladness (see 2 Samuel 6:15; 2 Kings 11:14; 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 16:42; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 2 Chronicles 7:6; 2 Chronicles 29:27; Ezra 3:10; Nehemiah 12:35).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
God
אֱ֭לֹהִים (’ĕ·lō·hîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

has ascended
עָלָ֣ה (‘ā·lāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5927: To ascend, in, actively

amid shouts of joy,
בִּתְרוּעָ֑ה (biṯ·rū·‘āh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8643: Clamor, acclamation of joy, a battle-cry, clangor, of trumpets, as an alarum

the LORD
יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

with the sound
בְּק֣וֹל (bə·qō·wl)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6963: A voice, sound

of trumpets.
שׁוֹפָֽר׃ (šō·w·p̄ār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7782: A cornet, curved horn


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