1 O clap your hands, all you people;

Shout to God with the voice of triumph and songs of joy.

2 For the Lord Most High is to be feared [and worshiped with awe-inspired reverence and obedience];

He is a great King over all the earth.

3 He subdues peoples under us

And nations under our feet.

4 He chooses our inheritance for us,

The glory and excellence of Jacob whom He loves. [1 Pet 1:4, 5] Selah.

5 God has ascended amid shouting,

The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.

6 Sing praises to God, sing praises;

Sing praises to our King, sing praises.

7 For God is the King of all the earth;

Sing praises in a skillful psalm and with understanding.

8 God reigns over the nations;

God sits on His holy throne.

9 The princes of the people have gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham,

For the shields of the earth belong to God;

He is highly exalted.