< Psalms 47 >
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
Unto the end. A Psalm for the sons of Korah. All nations, clap your hands. Shout joyfully to God with a voice of exultation.
2 For Yhwh most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
For the Lord is exalted and terrible: a great King over all the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
He has subjected the peoples to us and subdued the nations under our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. (Selah)
He has chosen us for his inheritance: the splendor of Jacob, whom he has loved.
5 God is gone up with a shout, Yhwh with the sound of a trumpet.
God ascends with jubilation, and the Lord with the voice of the trumpet.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
Sing psalms to our God, sing psalms. Sing psalms to our King, sing psalms.
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
For God is the King of all the earth. Sing psalms wisely.
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
God will reign over the peoples. God sits upon his holy throne.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
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.