Psalms 47

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

Til songmeisteren; av Korahs born; ein salme. Klappa i henderne, alle folk! Kved høgt for Gud med fagnadrøyst!

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

For Herren, den Høgste, er ageleg, ein stor konge yver all jordi.

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

Han legg folk under oss og folkeslag under våre føter.

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.

Han vel ut vår arvlut åt oss, til gilda for Jakob som han elskar. (Sela)

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

Gud for upp med fagnadrop, Herren med basunljod.

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

Syng lov for Gud, syng lov! Syng lov for vår konge, syng lov!

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

For Gud er konge yver all jordi; syng til hans lov ein visleg song!

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

Gud hev teke riket yver folki, Gud hev sett seg på sin heilage kongsstol.

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.

Folkedrottarne samlar seg som eit folk til Abrahams Gud; for skjoldarne på jordi høyrer Gud til, han er høgt upphøgd.