English Standard Version ESV
The Message Bible MSG
1 Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
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Applause, everyone. Bravo, bravissimo! Shout God-songs at the top of your lungs!
2 For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.
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God Most High is stunning, astride land and ocean.
3 He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
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He crushes hostile people, puts nations at our feet.
4 He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom 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 shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
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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 For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
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He's Lord over earth, so sing your best songs to God.
8 God reigns 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 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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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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Published by permission. Originally published by NavPress in English as THE MESSAGE: The Bible in Contemporary Language copyright 2002 by Eugene Peterson. All rights reserved.