King James Version KJV
Good News Translation GNT
1 O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
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Clap your hands for joy, all peoples! Praise God with loud songs!
2 For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.
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The Lord, the Most High, is to be feared; he is a great king, ruling over all the world.
3 He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.
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He gave us victory over the peoples; he made us rule over the nations.
4 He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
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He chose for us the land where we live, the proud possession of his people, whom he loves.
5 God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.
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God goes up to his throne. There are shouts of joy and the blast of trumpets, as the Lord goes up.
6 Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
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Sing praise to God; sing praise to our king!
7 For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.
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God is king over all the world; praise him with songs!
8 God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
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God sits on his sacred throne; he rules over the nations.
9 The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of the earth belong unto God: he is greatly exalted.
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The rulers of the nations assemble with the people of the God of Abraham. More powerful than all armies is he; he rules supreme.
The King James Version is in the public domain.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.