I. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto ... - Douglas Chapel

not limited to a region but expands the entire earth. God of the
scriptures is not just the God of the United States, as preached by the
Mormons and some other western culture religions, nor is His domain
limited to Jerusalem as was the focus of Judaism. David said the earth is
the Lord’s and all that dwell therein.
III. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. He
shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he
loved. Selah.vs.3, 4---David says that God would arrange “subdue” the
people under us and the nations under our feet “authority”. For the
children of Israel this meant an increase in territory. The original
promise to Israel was the land of Canaan and the God promised more to
David and Solomon, now He extends the dominion to the ends of the
earth. God would ultimately place man back in a position of
dominionship over the earth as He originally gave it to Adam and Eve
before the fall. The inheritance of Jacob was not based upon the
righteousness of Jacob but the righteousness of God himself. It is
important to note that he promise was given to Jacob “the grabber”
before he become Israel. As believers our inheritance is extended
beyond the earth. We have a citizenship in the third heaven with Christ
Jesus. This citizenship is based upon the love of God demonstrated in
the giving of His son on the cross and our acceptance of that love by
faith. We need to keep this in mind as a continuous thought, Selah.
IV. God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet. Sing
praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For
God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding. Vs.5-
7---David in verses 5-7 gives the picture of a victorious King taking his
seat upon his throne because the victory has been won. This is a time of
great jubilee because the enemies have been put under foot. These
latter verses in this Psalm are a picture of the victorious Lord returning
to rule from his throne. Paul gives us a picture of this when he speaks of
the return of Jesus in 1 Thess. 4:16. When the trumpet of God sounds is
the signal that the King is coming to sit upon his throne on earth. Five
times in these verses the people are told to sing praises unto God. First
they are to sing praises to God because He is God. Second they are to
sing praises because He is our King. Third they are to sing praises
because He is king of all the earth and then finally we are to sing praises
because we truly understand His person and power. When Jesus returns