Psalms 47
47
Psalm 47
For the choir director; a psalm by Korah’s descendants.
1Clap your hands, all you people.
Shout to God with a loud, joyful song.
2We must fear the Lord, the Most High.
He is the great king of the whole earth.
3He brings people under our authority
and ⌞puts⌟ nations under our feet.
4He chooses our inheritance for us,
the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah
5God has gone up with a joyful shout.
The Lord has gone up with the sound of a ram’s horn.
6Make music to praise God.
Play music for him!
Make music to praise our king.
Play music for him!
7God is the king of the whole earth.
Make your best music for him!
8God rules the nations.
He sits upon his holy throne.
9The influential people from the nations gather together
as the people of the God of Abraham.
The rulers of the earth belong to God.
He rules everything.
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Psalms 47
47
The Ruler of All the Nations
1For the leader. A psalm of the Korahites.
I
2All you peoples, clap your hands;
shout to God with joyful cries.#Ps 89:16; Zep 3:14.
3For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared,
the great king over all the earth,#Ps 95:3; Ex 15:18; Is 24:23; 52:7.
4Who made people subject to us,
nations under our feet,#Ps 2:8.
5#Our heritage…the glory: the land of Israel (cf. Is 58:14), which God has given Israel in an act of sovereignty.Who chose our heritage for us,
the glory of Jacob, whom he loves.#Is 58:14.
Selah
II
6#God has gone up: Christian liturgical tradition has applied the verse to the Ascension of Christ.God has gone up with a shout;
the Lord, amid trumpet blasts.#Ps 24:8, 10; 68:18–19; 98:6.
7Sing praise to God, sing praise;
sing praise to our king, sing praise.
III
8For God is king over all the earth;#Ps 72:11; 93:1; 96:10; 97:1; 99:1; Jer 10:7.
sing hymns of praise.
9God rules over the nations;
God sits upon his holy throne.
10The princes of the peoples assemble
with the people of the God of Abraham.
For the shields of the earth belong to God,
highly exalted.#Ps 89:19; Ex 3:6; Is 2:2–4.
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