Psalms 47

Psalm 47

God’s Rule over the Nations

1Clap your hands, all you peoples;[#Ps 98.8; 106.47; Isa 55.12]

shout to God with loud songs of joy.

2For the Lord , the Most High, is awesome,[#Deut 7.21]

a great king over all the earth.

3He subdued peoples under us[#Ps 18.47]

and nations under our feet.

4He chose our heritage for us,[#1 Pet 1.4]

the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

5God has gone up with a shout,[#Ps 68.33; 98.6]

the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

6Sing praises to God, sing praises;[#Ps 68.4; 89.18]

sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7For God is the king of all the earth;[#1 Cor 14.15]

sing praises with a psalm.

8God is king over the nations;[#1 Chr 16.31]

God sits on his holy throne.

9The princes of the peoples gather[#Ps 72.11; 89.18; 97.9; Rom 4.11, 12]

as the people of the God of Abraham.

For the shields of the earth belong to God;

he is highly exalted.

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