Psaumes 47

1 Au chef des chantres. Des fils de Koré. Psaume. Vous tous, peuples, battez des mains! Poussez vers Dieu des cris de joie!

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

2 Car l’Éternel, le Très-Haut, est redoutable, Il est un grand roi sur toute la terre.

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

3 Il nous assujettit des peuples, Il met des nations sous nos pieds;

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

4 Il nous choisit notre héritage, La gloire de Jacob qu’il aime. (Pause)

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 Dieu monte au milieu des cris de triomphe, L’Éternel s’avance au son de la trompette.

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

6 Chantez à Dieu, chantez! Chantez à notre roi, chantez!

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

7 Car Dieu est roi de toute la terre: Chantez un cantique!

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

8 Dieu règne sur les nations, Dieu a pour siège son saint trône.

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

9 Les princes des peuples se réunissent Au peuple du Dieu d’Abraham; Car à Dieu sont les boucliers de la terre: Il est souverainement élevé.

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.