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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.

47 Oh clap your hands, all you nations.
    Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
For Yahweh Most High is awesome.
    He is a great King over all the earth.
He subdues nations under us,
    and peoples under our feet.
He chooses our inheritance for us,
    the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
God has gone up with a shout,
    Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to God! Sing praises!
    Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!
For God is the King of all the earth.
    Sing praises with understanding.
God reigns over the nations.
    God sits on his holy throne.
The princes of the peoples are gathered together,
the people of the God of Abraham.
    For the shields of the earth belong to God.
    He is greatly exalted!

Psalm 47

For the choir director: A psalm of the descendants of Korah.

Come, everyone! Clap your hands!
    Shout to God with joyful praise!
For the Lord Most High is awesome.
    He is the great King of all the earth.
He subdues the nations before us,
    putting our enemies beneath our feet.
He chose the Promised Land as our inheritance,
    the proud possession of Jacob’s descendants, whom he loves. Interlude

God has ascended with a mighty shout.
    The Lord has ascended with trumpets blaring.
Sing praises to God, sing praises;
    sing praises to our King, sing praises!
For God is the King over all the earth.
    Praise him with a psalm.[a]
God reigns above the nations,
    sitting on his holy throne.
The rulers of the world have gathered together
    with the people of the God of Abraham.
For all the kings of the earth belong to God.
    He is highly honored everywhere.

Footnotes

  1. 47:7 Hebrew maskil. This may be a literary or musical term.