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New International Version NIV
1 Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
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Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with cries of joy.
2 For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
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For the LORD Most High is awesome, the great King over all the earth.
3 He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
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He subdued nations under us, peoples under our feet.
4 He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. Selah
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He chose our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.
5 God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
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God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD amid the sounding of trumpets.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises!
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Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
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For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise.
8 God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.
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God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne.
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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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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