Psalms 47

1 For the music director. A psalm of the sons of Korah. Everyone, clap your hands! Shout with joy to the Lord!

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

2 For the Lord Most High is awe-inspiring; he is the great King of 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 subdues other peoples under us; he puts nations under our feet.

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

4 He chose the land for us to own; the proud possession of Jacob's descendants whom he loves. (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 ascends his throne with a great shout, the Lord is accompanied by 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 praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!

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

7 For God is King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!

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

8 God rules over the nations; he sits on his holy throne.

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

9 The rulers of the nations gather together with the people of the God of Abraham, for the defenders of the earth belong to God. He is highly honored everywhere.

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.