Psalmi 47

1 Svi narodi, zaplještite rukama, pokliknite Bogu glasom radosnijem.

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

2 Jer je višnji Gospod strašan, car veliki nad svom zemljom.

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

3 Pokori nam narode i plemena pod noge naše.

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

4 Izbra nam dostojanje naše, krasotu Jakova, koji mu omilje.

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 Ide Bog uz podvikivanje, Gospod uz glas trubni.

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

6 Pojte Bogu, pojte; pojte caru našemu, pojte;

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

7 Jer je Bog car od sve zemlje, pojte pjesmu.

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

8 Bog caruje nad narodima; Bog sjedi na svetom prijestolu svom.

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

9 Knezovi narodni sastavljaju se s narodom Boga Avramova. Jer su štitovi zemaljski Božiji. Da je uzvišen!

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.