至高的主宰

可拉后裔的诗,交给乐长。

47 万民啊,你们要鼓掌,
向上帝高声欢呼!
因为至高者耶和华当受敬畏,
祂是普天下的大君王。
祂使列国降服于我们,
让列邦伏在我们脚下。
祂为我们选定产业,
就是祂所爱的雅各引以为荣的产业。(细拉)

在欢呼声中,上帝登上宝座;
在号角声中,耶和华登上宝座。
要颂赞,颂赞上帝!
要颂赞,颂赞我们的君王!
因为上帝是普天下的君王,
要向祂唱赞美的乐章。
祂坐在圣洁的宝座上治理列国。
列邦的首领聚集在一起,
要做亚伯拉罕之上帝的子民,
因为上帝是主宰天下的君王,
祂至高无上。

47 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

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.

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.

God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

God Is King of All the Earth

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

47 O (A)clap your hands, all peoples;
(B)Make a loud shout to God with the sound of a shout of [a]joy.
For Yahweh Most High is [b](C)fearsome,
A (D)great King over all the earth.
He (E)subdues peoples under us
And nations under our feet.
He chooses our (F)inheritance for us,
The (G)pride of Jacob whom He loves. [c]Selah.

God has (H)ascended [d]with a loud shout,
Yahweh, [e]with the (I)sound of a trumpet.
(J)Sing praises to God, sing praises;
Sing praises to (K)our King, sing praises.
For God is the (L)King of all the earth;
Sing praises (M)with a [f]skillful psalm.
God (N)reigns over the nations,
God [g]sits on (O)His holy throne.
The (P)nobles of the peoples have assembled themselves with the (Q)people of the God of Abraham,
For the (R)shields of the earth belong to God;
He [h]is (S)highly exalted.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 47:1 Or a ringing cry
  2. Psalm 47:2 Or awesome
  3. Psalm 47:4 Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude
  4. Psalm 47:5 Or amid
  5. Psalm 47:5 Or amid
  6. Psalm 47:7 Heb Maskil; possibly Contemplative, Didactic, Skillful Psalm
  7. Psalm 47:8 Or has taken His seat
  8. Psalm 47:9 Lit has greatly exalted Himself