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.
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto Elohim with the voice of triumph.
For יהוה most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
Elohim is gone up with a shout, יהוה with the sound of a trumpet.
Sing praises to Elohim, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
For Elohim is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
Elohim reigneth over the heathen: Elohim sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the Elohim of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto Elohim: he is greatly exalted.