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God Is King over All the Earth

To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah.

 Clap your hands, all peoples!
   Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
² For the Lord, the Most High, is to be feared,
   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!^[a]

⁸ God reigns 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!

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 47:7 Hebrew maskil

Cross references:

1. Psalm 47:1 : Ps. 42, title
2. Psalm 47:1 : 2 Kgs. 11:12; Isa. 55:12; Nah. 3:19
3. Psalm 47:1 : Ps. 95:1; [1 Sam. 10:24]
4. Psalm 47:2 : Ps. 66:3, 5; 68:35; Deut. 7:21
5. Psalm 47:2 : Mal. 1:14
6. Psalm 47:3 : See Ps. 18:47
7. Psalm 47:4 : Ps. 2:8; [1 Pet. 1:4]
8. Psalm 47:4 : Amos 6:8; 8:7; Nah. 2:2
9. Psalm 47:5 : 2 Sam. 6:15; [Ps. 68:18]
10. Psalm 47:7 : Zech. 14:9
11. Psalm 47:7 : 1 Cor. 14:15
12. Psalm 47:8 : Ps. 22:28; 1 Chr. 16:31
13. Psalm 47:9 : [Ps. 72:11; Isa. 49:7, 23]
14. Psalm 47:9 : Ps. 89:18