Common English Bible CEB
The Message Bible MSG
1 Clap your hands, all you people! Shout joyfully to God with a joyous shout!
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Applause, everyone. Bravo, bravissimo! Shout God-songs at the top of your lungs!
2 Because the LORD Most High is awesome, he is the great king of the whole world.
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God Most High is stunning, astride land and ocean.
3 He subdues the nations under us, subdues all people beneath our feet.
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He crushes hostile people, puts nations at our feet.
4 He chooses our inheritance for us: the heights of Jacob, which he loves. Selah
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He set us at the head of the line, prize-winning Jacob, his favorite.
5 God has gone up with a joyous shout— the LORD with the blast of the ram's horn.
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Loud cheers as God climbs the mountain, a ram's horn blast at the summit.
6 Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our king! Sing praises
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Sing songs to God, sing out! Sing to our King, sing praise!
7 because God is king of the whole world! Sing praises with a song of instruction!
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He's Lord over earth, so sing your best songs to God.
8 God is king over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.
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God is Lord of godless nations - sovereign, he's King of the mountain.
9 The leaders of all people are gathered with the people of Abraham's God because the earth's guardians belong to God; God is exalted beyond all.
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Princes from all over are gathered, people of Abraham's God. The powers of earth are God's - he soars over all.
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