Psalms 47

1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme committed to the sonnes of Korah. All people clap your hands: sing loude vnto God with a ioyfull voyce.

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

2 For the Lord is high, and terrible: a great King ouer 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 vnder vs, and the nations vnder our feete.

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

4 Hee hath chosen our inheritance for vs: euen the glory of Iaakob whom he loued. (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 vp with triumph, euen the Lord, with 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 prayses to God, sing prayses: sing prayses vnto our King, sing prayses.

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 prayses euery one that hath vnderstanding.

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

8 God reigneth ouer the heathen: God sitteth vpon 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 vnto the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the world belong to God: he is greatly to be 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.