Psalm 47

God Is King over All the Earth

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of #Ps. 42, titlethe Sons of Korah.

1 *2 Kgs. 11:12;Isa. 55:12;Nah. 3:19Clap your hands, all peoples!

*Ps. 95:1;[1 Sam. 10:24]Shout to God with loud songs of joy!

2 For the Lord, the Most High, *Ps. 66:3,5;68:35;Deut. 7:21is to be feared,

*Mal. 1:14a great king over all the earth.

3 He *See Ps. 18:47subdued peoples under us,

and nations under our feet.

4 He chose our *Ps. 2:8;[1 Pet. 1:4] heritage for us,

*Amos 6:8;8:7;Nah. 2:2the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

5 God *2 Sam. 6:15;[Ps. 68:18]has gone up with a shout,

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 *Zech. 14:9the King of all the earth;

sing praises *1 Cor. 14:15with a psalm!*47:7 Hebrew maskil

8 God *Ps. 22:28;1 Chr. 16:31reigns over the nations;

God sits on his holy throne.

9 *[Ps. 72:11;Isa. 49:7,23] The princes of the peoples gather

as the people of the God of Abraham.

For *Ps. 89:18the shields of the earth belong to God;

he is highly exalted!