Psalm 47

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God Is King over All the Earth

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of ^(A)the Sons of Korah.

47 ^(B)Clap your hands, all peoples!
    ^(C)Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
²For the Lord, the Most High, ^(D)is to be feared,
    ^(E)a great king over all the earth.
³He ^(F)subdued peoples under us,
    and nations under our feet.
⁴He chose our ^(G)heritage for us,
    ^(H)the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

⁵God ^(I)has gone up with a shout,
    the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises!
    Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
⁷For God is ^(J)the King of all the earth;
    sing praises ^(K)with a psalm!^[a]

⁸God ^(L)reigns over the nations;
    God sits on his holy throne.
⁹^(M)The princes of the peoples gather
    as the people of the God of Abraham.
For ^(N)the shields of the earth belong to God;
    he is highly exalted!

Footnotes

Psalm 47:7 Hebrew maskil

1 Kings 18:36-39

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³⁶And at the time of ^(A)the offering of the oblation, Elijah the prophet came near and said, “O Lord, ^(B)God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that ^(C)you are God in Israel, and that I am your servant, and that ^(D)I have done all these things at your word. ³⁷Answer me, O Lord, answer me, that this people may know that you, O Lord, are God, and that you have turned their hearts back.” ³⁸^(E)Then the fire of the Lord fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench. ³⁹And when all the people saw it, they fell on their faces and said, ^(F)“The Lord, he is God; the Lord, he is God.”

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1 John 4:1-6

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Test the Spirits

4 Beloved, ^(A)do not believe every spirit, but ^(B)test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for ^(C)many ^(D)false prophets ^(E)have gone out into the world. ²By this you know the Spirit of God: ^(F)every spirit that confesses that ^(G)Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, ³and every spirit ^(H)that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you heard was coming and ^(I)now is in the world already. ⁴Little children, you are from God and have overcome them, for ^(J)he who is in you is greater than ^(K)he who is in the world. ⁵^(L)They are from the world; therefore they speak from the world, and ^(M)the world listens to them. ⁶We are from God. ^(N)Whoever knows God listens to us; whoever is not from God does not listen to us. By this we know ^(O)the Spirit of truth and ^(P)the spirit of error.