< Psalms 47 >

1 O clap your hands, all ye people; 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 Yhwh most high is terrible; he is 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 shall subdue 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 shall choose 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 with a shout, Yhwh with the sound of a 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 unto our King, sing praises.
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 praises with understanding.
God is the one who rules over everything in the world; sing a psalm to him!
8 God reigneth over the heathen: 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 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 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.

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