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How wonderful is the LORD Most High! He is the great King over the whole earth.
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He brought nations under our control. He made them fall under us.
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He chose our land for us. The people of Jacob are proud of their land, and God loves them. "Selah"
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God went up to his throne while his people were shouting with joy. The LORD went up while trumpets were playing.
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Sing praises to God. Sing praises. Sing praises to our King. Sing praises.
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God is the King of the whole earth. Sing a psalm of praise to him.
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God rules over the nations. He is seated on his holy throne.
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The nobles of the nations come together. They are now part of the people of the God of Abraham. The kings of the earth belong to God. He is greatly honored.
To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Thus psalm is thought by some to be written on occasion of the ark being brought from the house of Obededom to the city of David, to the place he had prepared for it; which was attended with singing and dancing, with shouting, and the sound of a trumpet, 2 Samuel 6:12; but it rather seems to be penned on account of the ascension of Christ to heaven, prophetically spoken of in this psalm; and of the spread of the Gospel, and the conquests it made in the Gentile world upon Christ's ascension; as the whole psalm shows: and even Aben Ezra and Kimchi apply it to the times of the Messiah; and so do some of their most ancient writers, who particularly interpret Psalm 47:5 of him, as may be seen in the note upon it.