Revised Standard Version RSV
Good News Translation GNT
1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy!
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Clap your hands for joy, all peoples! Praise God with loud songs!
2 For the LORD, the Most High, is terrible, 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 subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet.
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He gave us victory over the peoples; he made us rule over the nations.
4 He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves. [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 has 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 to 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 praises with a psalm!
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God is king over all the world; praise him with songs!
8 God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.
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God sits on his sacred throne; he rules over the nations.
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 rulers of the nations assemble with the people of the God of Abraham. More powerful than all armies is he; he rules supreme.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.