The Victorious King: Psalm 47-Supplication through the Scriptures

The Victorious King

Psalm 47 

Immediately I was in the Spirit; and behold, a throne was standing in heaven, and One sitting on the throne. And He who was sitting was like a jasper stone and a sardius in appearance; and there was a rainbow around the throne, like an emerald in appearance.
Revelation 4:2-3


Psalm 47 is filled with words of praise and rejoicing to our King. These praises aren’t only appropriate when things are going well, but even in our seasons of difficulty, His praise should be on our lips. Psalm 34:1 says, “I will bless the Lord at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.” 

Paul and Silas are beautiful examples of praising the Lord during hardship. After being beaten and thrown in jail for righteousness’ sake, they are praying and singing hymns of praise to the Lord in the night (Acts 16:25). Sometimes this requires a deliberate act of the will to choose to praise the Lord even when we would rather remain silent, or even worse, complain.

Recently my son has been complaining about the bird that is outside his window singing very early before the sun is up. And it reminds me, that though it is still dark, the bird sings because he knows the morning is drawing near, the night does not last forever. Dawn is coming. 

The believer has a sure promise. Christ is coming again, and this time all His foes will be forever put under His feet. Every knee will bow to Him. Death will be abolished (1 Corinthians 15:26). But even now, He is King of all the earth. He reigns over the nations. He sits on His holy throne. He is highly exalted (Psalm 47:7-9). May we give Him the honor due His name.

Shout to God 

47:1-4 Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah 
Let’s praise Him:
▫️For He is the Lord, the Most High, and He is to be feared, reverenced in our lives.
▫️He is the great and mighty king over all the earth. He rules in the kingdoms of men.
▫️He chose us to be His only special people (1 Peter 2:9).

Let’s pray:
▫️In whatever place we are today, whether in peace or adversity, we would shout to God with loud songs of joy. This joy would be rooted in the greatness of who He is and not in the circumstances we face.
▫️We would marvel at His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us (Romans 5:8).

On His Holy Throne
47:5-9 God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. 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!
Let’s praise the Lord:
▫️For He is King of all the earth, His dominion is an everlasting dominion, and His kingdom endured from generation to generation (Daniel 4:34).
▫️For He reigns over the nations, all the inhabitants of the earth are accounted as nothing, He does according to His will in the host of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth (Daniel 4:35).
▫️For He sits on His throne and He has overcome! And He is worthy to receive blessing and honor and glory and power (Revelation 5:12).

Let’s pray:
▫️We would repeatedly sing His praises today, and when we are tempted to complain or grumble we would heed the words of Psalm 47:6, “Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!”
▫️We would bow our knee to our great King and submit ourselves wholly to His will.
▫️He would be exalted in our lives, our words, our thoughts, our demeanor, our suffering, our joys, our blessings, and our sorrows.

May the Lord do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, for His glory and our good. In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Psalm 47 quoted from the ESV.
Photo credit to hpzworkz

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