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.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout to God with the voice of triumph.
\\47:1\\To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout to God with the voice of triumph.
\\47:2\\For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
\\47:3\\He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
\\47:4\\He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellence of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
\\47:5\\God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
\\47:6\\Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.
\\47:7\\For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
\\47:8\\God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
\\47:9\\The princes of the people are assembled, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong to God: he is greatly exalted.