Psalms 47

KING JAMES BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.	1 [For the choirmaster Of the sons of Korah Psalm] Clap your hands, all peoples, acclaim God withshouts of joy.
2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.	2 For Yahweh, the Most High, is glorious, the great king over al the earth.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.	3 He brings peoples under our yoke and nations under our feet.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.	4 He chooses for us our birthright, the pride of Jacob whom he loves.Pause
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.	5 God goes up to shouts of acclaim, Yahweh to a fanfare on the ram's horn.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.	6 Let the music sound for our God, let it sound, let the music sound for our king, let it sound.
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.	7 For he is king of the whole world; learn the music, let it sound for God!
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.	8 God reigns over the nations, seated on his holy throne.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.	9 The leaders of the nations ral y to the people of the God of Abraham. The shields of the earth belongto God, who is exalted on high.