Psalms 47

1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core. O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of Joy,

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

2 For the Lord is high, 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 hath subdued the people 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 for us his inheritance the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.

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 ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.

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

6 Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.

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 ye wisely.

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

8 God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.

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

9 The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly 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.