Psalm 47- 1
- Psalm 47 For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.
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- Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.
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- How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
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- He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet.
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- He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. Selah
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- God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.
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- Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.
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- For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm [1] of praise.
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- God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.
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- The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings [2] of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted.
- [7] Or a maskil (probably a literary or musical term)
- [9] Or shields