Psalm 47: Clap Your Hands, All Ye People
A short, energetic call for every nation to praise God as King of all the earth.
Psalm 47 opens with a command to all people to clap their hands and shout to God with the voice of triumph, since He is 'terrible' and 'a great King over all the earth.' The repeated call to 'sing praises' recalls the exuberant worship of Psalms 98:4.
For the Leader; a Psalm for the sons of Korah.
O clap your hands, all ye peoples; shout unto G-d with the voice of triumph.
For HaShem is most high, awful; a great King over all the earth.
He subdueth peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
He chooseth our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob whom He loveth. Selah
G-d is gone up amidst shouting, HaShem amidst the sound of the horn.
Sing praises to G-d, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
For G-d is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises in a skilful song.
G-d reigneth over the nations; G-d sitteth upon His holy throne.
The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the G-d of Abraham; for unto G-d belong the shields of the earth; He is greatly exalted.