Psalms
47:6 KJV
Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King,
sing praises.
The Psalmist tells us four
times in this one verse to sing praises to God. Makes it sound to me like we
should do that.
Though nothing can be
ascertained for certain, there are two very different ocassions proffered as
that which spawned the writing of this Psalm:
- One suggestion is that David wrote
this Psalm on the occasion of the ark coming to
- The other suggestion is upon the
occasion of Jehoshaphat's victory over the Ammonites and Edomites in 2
Chronicles 20.
Its prophetic message seems
more certain as it speaks of Christ's coming to establish His kingdom.
The fact that we are given no
clear indication of the circumstances of this admonition serves to remind me
that we need no particular circumstances to sing praises to God; the promise of
His coming is reason enough.
Gill writes,
"…the repetition of the
phrase sing praises denotes frequency, constancy, fervency, and great devotion
in the performance of this service.
No doubt we are amiss in our
praises to God."
No doubt He is worthy of much
more praise than we give Him.
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