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

Job 23:3-12

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³Oh, ^(A)that I knew where I might find him,
    that I might come even to his ^(B)seat!
⁴I would ^(C)lay my case before him
    and fill my mouth with arguments.
⁵I would know what he would answer me
    and understand what he would say to me.
⁶Would he ^(D)contend with me in the greatness of his power?
    No; he would pay attention to me.
⁷There an upright man could argue with him,
    and I would be acquitted forever by my judge.

⁸“Behold, ^(E)I go forward, but he is not there,
    and backward, but I do not perceive him;
⁹on the left hand when he is working, I do not behold him;
    he turns to the right hand, but I do not see him.
¹⁰But he ^(F)knows ^(G)the way that I ^(H)take;
    when he has ^(I)tried me, I shall come out as gold.
¹¹My foot ^(J)has held fast to his steps;
    I have kept his way and have ^(K)not turned aside.
¹²I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
    I have ^(L)treasured the words of his mouth more than my ^(M)portion of food.

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Job 26:2-14

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²“How you have ^(A)helped him who has no power!
    How you have saved ^(B)the arm that has no strength!
³How you have ^(C)counseled him who has no wisdom,
    and plentifully declared sound knowledge!
⁴With whose help have you uttered words,
    and whose breath ^(D)has come out from you?
⁵The ^(E)dead tremble
    under the waters and their inhabitants.
⁶Sheol is ^(F)naked before God,^[a]
    and ^(G)Abaddon has no covering.
⁷He ^(H)stretches out the north over ^(I)the void
    and hangs the earth on nothing.
⁸He ^(J)binds up the waters in his thick clouds,
    and the cloud is not split open under them.
⁹He covers the face of the full moon^[b]
    and ^(K)spreads over it his cloud.
¹⁰He has inscribed ^(L)a circle on the face of the waters
    at the boundary between light and darkness.
¹¹^(M)The pillars of heaven tremble
    and are astounded at his ^(N)rebuke.
¹²By his power he ^(O)stilled the sea;
    by his understanding he shattered ^(P)Rahab.
¹³^(Q)By his wind the heavens were made fair;
    his hand pierced ^(R)the fleeing serpent.
¹⁴Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ^(S)ways,
    and how small ^(T)a whisper do we hear of him!
    But the thunder of his power who can understand?”

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Footnotes

Job 26:6 Hebrew him
Job 26:9 Or his throne

John 1:43-51

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Jesus Calls Philip and Nathanael

⁴³^(A)The next day Jesus decided ^(B)to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow me.” ⁴⁴Now ^(C)Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. ⁴⁵Philip found ^(D)Nathanael and said to him, “We have found him of whom ^(E)Moses in the Law and also the prophets wrote, Jesus ^(F)of Nazareth, ^(G)the son of Joseph.” ⁴⁶Nathanael said to him, ^(H)“Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said to him, “Come and see.” ⁴⁷Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said of him, “Behold, ^(I)an Israelite indeed, ^(J)in whom there is no deceit!” ⁴⁸Nathanael said to him, “How ^(K)do you know me?” Jesus answered him, “Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you.” ⁴⁹Nathanael answered him, ^(L)“Rabbi, ^(M)you are the Son of God! You are the ^(N)King of Israel!” ⁵⁰Jesus answered him, “Because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the fig tree,’ do you believe? You will see greater things than these.” ⁵¹And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you,^[a] you will see ^(O)heaven opened, and ^(P)the angels of God ascending and descending on ^(Q)the Son of Man.”