Psalm 47:1-3

New American Standard Bible

God, the King of the Earth.

For the music director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

47 ^(A)Clap your hands, all you peoples;
^(B)Shout to God with a voice of joy.
²For the Lord Most High is to be ^(C)feared,
A ^(D)great King over all the earth.
³He ^(E)subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.

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Psalm 98

New American Standard Bible

A Call to Praise the Lord for His Righteousness.

A Psalm.

98 Sing a ^(A)new song to the Lord,
For He has done ^(B)wonderful things,
His ^(C)right hand and His ^(D)holy arm have ^[a]gained the victory for Him.
²^(E)The Lord has made His salvation known;
He has ^(F)revealed His righteousness in the sight of the nations.
³He has ^(G)remembered His graciousness and His faithfulness to the house of Israel;
^(H)All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.

⁴^(I)Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth;
^(J)Be cheerful and sing for joy and sing praises.
⁵Sing praises to the Lord with the ^(K)lyre,
With the lyre and the ^[b]^(L)sound of melody.
⁶With ^(M)trumpets and the sound of the horn
^(N)Shout joyfully before ^(O)the King, the Lord.

⁷May the ^(P)sea roar and ^[c]all it contains,
The ^(Q)world and those who dwell in it.
⁸May the ^(R)rivers clap their hands,
May the ^(S)mountains sing together for joy
⁹Before the Lord, for He is coming to ^(T)judge the earth;
He will judge the world with righteousness
And ^(U)the peoples with fairness.

Footnotes

Psalm 98:1 Or accomplished salvation
Psalm 98:5 Or voice of song (accompanied by music)
Psalm 98:7 Lit its fullness

Psalm 126:1-3

New American Standard Bible

Thanksgiving for Return from Captivity.

A Song of Ascents.

126 When the Lord ^(A)brought back ^[a]the captives of Zion,
We were ^(B)like those who dream.
²Then our ^(C)mouth was filled with laughter
And our ^(D)tongue with joyful shouting;
Then they said among the nations,
“The Lord has ^(E)done great things for them.”
³The Lord has done great things for us;
We are ^(F)joyful.