Psalm 47

Darby Translation

To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.

47 All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph!

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

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

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

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

⁶ Sing psalms of God, sing psalms; sing psalms unto our King, sing psalms!

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

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

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