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Psalms 47 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 1 | To the overseer, to the son of Korah: chanting. All peoples ye shall clap the hand; shout to God with the voice of rejoicing. | Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! | For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy. | |
| 2 | For Jehovah the Most High is terrible; a great King over all the earth. | For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. | For the LORD Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth. | |
| 3 | He will speak the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet. | He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. | He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet. | |
| 4 | He will choose for us our inheritance, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Silence. | He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah | He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. | |
| 5 | God went up with a shout, Jehovah with the voice of a trumpet. | God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. | God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets. | |
| 6 | Play on the harp to God, play on the harp to our King; play on the harp. | Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! | Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. | |
| 7 | For God is King of all the earth: play on the harp from understanding. | For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! | For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. | |
| 8 | God reigned over the nations; God sat upon his holy throne. | God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne. | God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. | |
| 9 | The nobles of the peoples were gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham: for to God the shields of the earth: he was lifted up greatly. | The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; he is highly exalted! | The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted. | |
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