To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

¹O CLAP your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy!

²For the Lord Most High excites terror, awe, and dread; He is a great King over all the earth.

³He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.

⁴He chose our inheritance for us, the glory and pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]! [I Pet. 1:4, 5.]

⁵God has ascended amid shouting, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

⁶Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!

⁷For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.

⁸God reigns over the nations; God sits upon His holy throne.

⁹The princes and nobles of the peoples are gathered together, a [united] people for the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.