Psalms 47

1A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week.

1 All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout untoGod with the voice of triumph!

2Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

2 For Jehovah, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.

3With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king.

3 He subdueth the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

4In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her.

4 He hath chosen our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

5For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together.

5 God is gone up amid shouting, Jehovah amid the sound of the trumpet.

6So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved:

6 Sing psalms ofGod, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!

7Trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a woman in labour.

7 ForGod is the King of all the earth; sing psalms with understanding.

8With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis.

8 God reigneth over the nations;God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

9As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever.

9 The willing-hearted of the peoples have gathered together, [with] the people of theGod of Abraham. For untoGod [belong] the shields of the earth: he is greatly exalted.

10We have received thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

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11According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice.

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12Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; because of thy judgments, O Lord.

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13Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell ye in her towers.

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14Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.

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15For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: he shall rule us for evermore.

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