Psalmorum 47

1 In finem, pro filiis Core Psalmus. Omnes gentes plaudite manibus: iubilate Deo in voce exultationis.

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 Subiecit 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 hereditatem suam: speciem Iacob, 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 iubilo: 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.