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 diapsalma

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 Dominus in voce tubae

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 terrae Deus psallite sapienter

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

8 regnavit Deus super gentes Deus sedit 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 Dei fortes terrae 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.