Hebrew Names Version HNV
The Message Bible MSG
1 <<For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korach.>> Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
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Applause, everyone. Bravo, bravissimo! Shout God-songs at the top of your lungs!
2 For the LORD Elyon is awesome. He is a great King over all the eretz.
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God Most High is stunning, astride land and ocean.
3 He subdues nations under us, And peoples under our feet.
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He crushes hostile people, puts nations at our feet.
4 He chooses our inheritance for us, The glory of Ya`akov whom he loved. 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 shofar.
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Loud cheers as God climbs the mountain, a ram's horn blast at the summit.
6 Sing praise 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 eretz. Sing praises with understanding.
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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 are gathered together, The people of the God of Avraham. For the shields of the eretz belong to God. He is greatly 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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