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Chapter 47

God Is King over All the Earth

1 For the music director. Of the sons of Korah. A psalm.1 All you peoples, clap your hands.2 Shout to God with a voice of rejoicing.

  1. The Hebrew Bible counts the superscription as the first verse of the psalm; the English verse number is reduced by one
  2. Hebrew “hand”

2 For Yahweh Most High is awesome,1 a great king over all the earth.

  1. Or “to be feared”

3 He subdues peoples under us and nations under our feet.

4 He chooses for us our inheritance, the pride of Jacob whom he loves.

5 God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises. Sing praises to our king, sing praises.

7 For God is king of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.1

  1. Or “sing a maskil”

8 God reigns over nations; God sits on his holy throne.

9 The princes of the peoples are gathered together with the people of Abraham’s God. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is very exalted.