Psalms 47

1 Unto the end. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. All nations, clap your hands. Shout joyfully to God with a voice of exultation.

For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation.

2 For the Lord is exalted and terrible: a great King over all the earth.

For the Lord most high is terrible; [he is] a great king over all the earth.

3 He has subjected the peoples to us and subdued the nations under our feet.

He has subdued the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

4 He has chosen us for his inheritance: the splendor of Jacob, whom he has loved.

He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. (Pause)

5 God ascends with jubilation, and the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.

God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing psalms to our God, sing psalms. Sing psalms to our King, sing psalms.

Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth. Sing psalms wisely.

For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.

8 God will reign over the peoples. God sits upon his holy throne.

God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness.

9 The leaders of the peoples have been gathered together by the God of Abraham. For the strong gods of the earth have been exceedingly exalted.

The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God's mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.