Psalm 47 47 Psalms Book 2 unfoldingWord® Simplified Text Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples 1 UST People all over the world, clap your hands! Shout joyfully to praise God! BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
2 UST Everyone should revere Yahweh, who is much greater than any other spirit being. He rules powerfully over the whole world! BSB BSB: How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
3 UST He enables us to conquer people groups that oppose us. BSB BSB: He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.
4 UST He loved our ancestor Jacob, and so he chose this land to be our possession. We are proud of the land he gave us. Selah BSB BSB: He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah
5 UST People have acclaimed Yahweh their God as their king by shouting and blowing ram’ s horns. BSB BSB: God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
6 UST Sing songs to praise God our King! Yes, sing songs to praise him! BSB BSB: Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!
7 UST Do that because God rules the whole world. Sing a special song about that. BSB BSB: For God is King of all the earth; sing to Him a psalm of praise.
8 UST God rules over all people groups. He rules them completely fairly, not the way many human kings do. BSB BSB: God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.
9 UST The rulers of the people groups will assemble to join those who worship the same God whom Abraham worshiped. They will do that because the leaders of the world must obey God. He is the supreme ruler of the world. BSB BSB: The nobles of the nations have assembled as the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted.
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