Psalms 47

1 TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF THE SONS OF KORAH. All you peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,

[For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.] Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph.

2 For YHWH Most High [is] fearful, A great King over all the earth.

For Jehovah Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.

3 He leads peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.

4 He chooses for us our inheritance, The excellence of Jacob that He loves. (Selah)

He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. (Selah)

5 God has gone up with a shout, YHWH with the sound of a horn.

God has gone up with a shout, Jehovah with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Praise God—praise—give praise to our king, praise.

Sing praise to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7 For God [is] King of all the earth, Give praise, O understanding one.

For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.

8 God has reigned over nations, God has sat on His holy throne,

God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.

9 Nobles of peoples have been gathered, [With] the people of the God of Abraham, For the shields of earth [are] to God, Greatly has He been exalted!

The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted.