Psalms 47

1O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

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

2For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

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

3He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

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

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

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

5God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

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

6Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

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

7For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

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

8God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

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

9The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.

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.