Psalmorum 47

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

O clap your hands, all you people; shout to God with the voice of triumph.

2 Quoniam Dominus excelsus, terribilis: Rex magnus super omnem terram.

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

3 Subiecit populos nobis: et gentes sub pedibus nostris.

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

4 Elegit nobis hereditatem suam: speciem Iacob, quam dilexit.

He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. (Selah)

5 Ascendit Deus in iubilo: et Dominus in voce tubæ.

God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Psallite Deo nostro, psallite: psallite Regi nostro, psallite.

Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7 Quoniam Rex omnis terræ Deus: psallite sapienter.

For God is the King of all the earth: sing you praises with understanding.

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

God reigns over the heathen: God sits on the throne of his holiness.

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

The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong to God: he is greatly exalted.