Psalms 47

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

Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

2 Yahweh, who is much greater than any other god, is awesome; he is the king who rules over all the world!

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

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

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

4 He chose for us this land where we now live; we Israeli people [MTY], whom he loves, are proud that we own this land.

He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob [Supplanter] whom he 'ahav ·affectionately loved·. (Selah) ·contemplation with musical interlude·.

5 God has gone up [into his temple]. The people shouted joyfully and blew trumpets as Yahweh went up.

God has gone up with a shout, Adonai with the sound of a shofar ·ram horn·.

6 Sing songs to praise our God! Sing to praise him [DOU]! Sing to God, our king!

Sing zahmar ·musical praise· to God, sing zahmar ·musical praise·. Sing zahmar ·musical praise· to our King, sing zahmar ·musical praise·.

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

For God is the King of all the earth. Sing zahmar ·musical praise· with understanding.

8 God sits on his sacred throne as he rules over the people of [all] ethnic groups.

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

9 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.

The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham [Father of a multitude]. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!