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Psalm 47
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Psalm 47

For the Music Director. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1 Clap your hands, all you people!
    Shout to God with a joyful voice.

2 For the Lord Most High is awesome;
    He is a great King over all the earth.
3 He subdued peoples under us,
    and nations under our feet.
4 He chose our inheritance for us,
    the excellency of Jacob whom He loved. Selah

5 God went up with a shout,
    the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;
    sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth;
    sing praises with understanding.

8 God reigns over the nations;
    God sits on His holy throne.
9 The princes of peoples are gathered together,
    even the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God;
    He is greatly exalted.

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Psalm 47
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God Is King over All the Earth

For the music director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm.[a]

47 All you peoples, clap your hands.[b]
Shout to God with a voice of rejoicing.
2 For Yahweh Most High is awesome,[c]
a great king over all the earth.
3 He subdues peoples under us
and nations under our feet.
4 He chooses for us our inheritance,
the pride of Jacob whom he loves.
5 God has gone up with a shout,
Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises.
Sing praises to our king, sing praises.
7 For God is king of all the earth.
Sing praises with understanding.[d]
8 God reigns over nations;
God sits on his holy throne.
9 The princes of the peoples are gathered together
with the people of Abraham’s God.
For the shields of the earth belong to God.
He is very exalted.

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 47:1 The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
  2. Psalm 47:1 Hebrew “hand”
  3. Psalm 47:2 Or “to be feared”
  4. Psalm 47:7 Or “sing a maskil”
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