Psalms 47:1-2,4-5 - Compare All Versions
Psalms 47:1-2 NIV (New International Version)
Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. For the LORD Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth.
Psalms 47:4-5 NIV (New International Version)
He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.
Psalms 47:1-2 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
Psalm 47:4-5 ESV (English Standard Version 2025)
He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalms 47:1-2 NLT (New Living Translation)
Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise! For the LORD Most High is awesome. He is the great King of all the earth.
Psalms 47:4-5 NLT (New Living Translation)
He chose the Promised Land as our inheritance, the proud possession of Jacob’s descendants, whom he loves. Interlude God has ascended with a mighty shout. The LORD has ascended with trumpets blaring.
Psalms 47:1-2 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with a jubilant cry. For the LORD, the Most High, is awe-inspiring, a great King over the whole earth.
Psalms 47:4-5 CSB (Christian Standard Bible)
He chooses for us our inheritance — the pride of Jacob, whom he loves. Selah God ascends among shouts of joy, the LORD, with the sound of a ram’s horn.
Psalms 47:1-2 KJV (King James Version)
O clap your hands, all ye people; Shout unto God with the voice of triumph. For the LORD most high is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.
Psalm 47:4-5 KJV (King James Version)
He shall choose our inheritance for us, The excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. God is gone up with a shout, The LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalms 47:1-2 NKJV (New King James Version)
Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph! For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.
Psalms 47:4-5 NKJV (New King James Version)
He will choose our inheritance for us, The excellence of Jacob whom He loves. Selah God has gone up with a shout, The LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalms 47:1-9 MSG (The Message)
Applause, everyone. Bravo, bravissimo! Shout God-songs at the top of your lungs! GOD Most High is stunning, astride land and ocean. He crushes hostile people, puts nations at our feet. He set us at the head of the line, prize-winning Jacob, his favorite. Loud cheers as God climbs the mountain, a ram’s horn blast at the summit. Sing songs to God, sing out! Sing to our King, sing praise! He’s Lord over earth, so sing your best songs to God. God is Lord of godless nations— sovereign, he’s King of the mountain. Princes from all over are gathered, people of Abraham’s God. The powers of earth are God’s— he soars over all.
Psalms 47:1-9-1-9 MSG (The Message)
Applause, everyone. Bravo, bravissimo! Shout God-songs at the top of your lungs! GOD Most High is stunning, astride land and ocean. He crushes hostile people, puts nations at our feet. He set us at the head of the line, prize-winning Jacob, his favorite. Loud cheers as God climbs the mountain, a ram’s horn blast at the summit. Sing songs to God, sing out! Sing to our King, sing praise! He’s Lord over earth, so sing your best songs to God. God is Lord of godless nations— sovereign, he’s King of the mountain. Princes from all over are gathered, people of Abraham’s God. The powers of earth are God’s— he soars over all.
Psalms 47:1-2 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
Clap your hands, all you peoples; Shout to God with a voice of joy. For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.
Psalm 47:4-5 NASB2020 (New American Standard Bible - NASB)
He chooses our inheritance for us, The pride of Jacob whom He loves. Selah ¶God has ascended with a shout, The LORD, with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalms 47:1-2 AMP (Amplified Bible)
O clap your hands, all you people; Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy. For the LORD Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience]; He is a great King over all the earth.
Psalms 47:4-5 AMP (Amplified Bible)
He chooses our inheritance for us, The glory and excellence of Jacob whom He loves. [1 Pet 1:4, 5] Selah. ¶God has ascended amid shouting, The LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
Psalms 47:1-2 NET (New English Translation)
All you nations, clap your hands! Shout out to God in celebration! For the sovereign LORD is awe-inspiring; he is the great king who rules the whole earth!
Psalms 47:4-5 NET (New English Translation)
He picked out for us a special land to be a source of pride for Jacob, whom he loves. (Selah) God has ascended his throne amid loud shouts; the LORD has ascended his throne amid the blaring of ram’s horns.