Psalms 47

1 To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph!

You people all [over the world], clap your hands for joy! Shout joyfully to [praise] God!

2 For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.

Yahweh, who is much greater than any other god, is awesome; he is the king who rules over all the world!

3 He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

He enabled us to defeat [the armies of] the people-groups [that lived in Canaan].

4 He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. (Selah)

He chose for us this land where we now live; we Israeli people [MTY], whom he loves, are proud that we own this land.

5 God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet.

God has gone up [into his temple]. The people shouted joyfully and blew trumpets as Yahweh went up.

6 Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!

Sing songs to praise our God! Sing to praise him [DOU]! Sing to God, our king!

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

God is the one who rules over everything in the world; sing a psalm to him!

8 God reigneth over the nations; God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

God sits on his sacred throne as he rules over the people of [all] ethnic groups.

9 The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, [with] the people of the God of Abraham. For unto God [belong] the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.

The rulers of those people-groups gather as God’s people, the people [descended] from Abraham, [do]. But God has more power than the weapons/shields [of all the kings] on the earth; (he is greatly honored/people honor him) everywhere.