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1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
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1 Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.
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2 For the LORD, the Most High, is terrible, a great king over all the earth.
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2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!
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3 He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
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3 He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet.
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4 He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. [Selah]
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4 He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved. "Selah"
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5 God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
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5 God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.
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6 Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
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6 Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.
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7 For God is the king of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
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7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.
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8 God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.
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8 God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.
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9 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!
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9 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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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) |
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