Psalm 47 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Psalm 47 God’s Rule over the Nations

To the leader. Of the Korahites. A Psalm.

¹ Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with loud songs of joy.

² For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth.

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

⁴ He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah

⁵ God 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 the king of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm.

⁸ God is king over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.

⁹ The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted.