Psalmorum 47

1 In finem, pro filiis Core. Psalmus. [Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus; jubilate Deo in voce exsultationis:

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

2 quoniam Dominus excelsus, terribilis, rex magnus super omnem terram.

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

3 Subjecit populos nobis, et gentes sub pedibus nostris.

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

4 Elegit nobis hæreditatem suam; speciem Jacob quam dilexit.

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 Ascendit Deus in jubilo, et Dominus in voce tubæ.

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

6 Psallite Deo nostro, psallite; psallite regi nostro, psallite:

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

7 quoniam rex omnis terræ Deus, psallite sapienter.

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

8 Regnabit Deus super gentes; Deus sedet super sedem sanctam suam.

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

9 Principes populorum congregati sunt cum Deo Abraham, quoniam dii fortes terræ vehementer elevati sunt.]

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.