Psalms 47

1 To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. 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 the LORD 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, the LORD 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.