Psalm 47

PSALM 47

God Is King of All the Earth

For the choir director. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

¹O ^aclap your hands, all peoples;

^bMake a loud shout to God with the sound of a shout of ¹joy.

²For Yahweh Most High is ^1afearsome,

A ^bgreat King over all the earth.

³He ^asubdues peoples under us

And nations under our feet.

⁴He chooses our ^ainheritance for us,

The ^bpride of Jacob whom He loves. ¹Selah.

⁵God has ^aascended ¹with a loud shout,

Yahweh, ²with the ^bsound of a trumpet.

^6aSing praises to God, sing praises;

Sing praises to ^bour King, sing praises.

⁷For God is the ^aKing of all the earth;

Sing praises ^bwith a ¹skillful psalm.

⁸God ^areigns over the nations,

God ¹sits on ^bHis holy throne.

⁹The ^anobles of the peoples have assembled themselves with the ^bpeople of the God of Abraham,

For the ^cshields of the earth belong to God;

He ¹is ^dhighly exalted.