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World English Bible

Psalm 47 (WEBP)

[1] Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
[2] For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.
[3] He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet.
[4] He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
[5] God has gone up with a shout, Yahweh with the sound of a trumpet.
[6] Sing praises to God! Sing praises! Sing praises to our King! Sing praises!
[7] For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with understanding.
[8] God reigns over the nations. God sits on his holy throne.
[9] The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God. He is greatly exalted!

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 47 (KJVS)

[1] O clap your hands, all ye people; Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
[2] For the Lord most high is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.
[3] He shall subdue the people under us, And the nations under our feet.
[4] He shall choose our inheritance for us, The excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.
[5] God is gone up with a shout, The Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
[6] Sing praises to God, sing praises: Sing praises unto our King, sing praises.
[7] For God is the King of all the earth: Sing ye praises with understanding.
[8] God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.
[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.

Psalm 47:7 Or, every one that hath understanding

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 47 (BYZ)

[1] Εἰς () τὸ () τέλος· () ὑπὲρ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Κορε () ψαλμός. () Πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη, () κροτήσατε χεῖρας, () ἀλαλάξατε () τῷ () θεῷ () ἐν () φωνῇ () ἀγαλλιάσεως, ()
[2] ὅτι () κύριος () ὕψιστος () φοβερός, () βασιλεὺς () μέγας () ἐπὶ () πᾶσαν () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[3] Ὑπέταξεν () λαοὺς () ἡμῖν () καὶ () ἔθνη () ὑπὸ () τοὺς () πόδας () ἡμῶν· ()
[4] ἐξελέξατο () ἡμῖν () τὴν () κληρονομίαν () αὐτοῦ, () τὴν () καλλονὴν Ιακωβ, () ἣν () ἠγάπησεν. () Διάψαλμα.
[5] Ἀνέβη () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐν () ἀλαλαγμῷ, κύριος () ἐν () φωνῇ () σάλπιγγος. ()
[6] Ψάλατε () τῷ () θεῷ () ἡμῶν, () ψάλατε, () ψάλατε () τῷ () βασιλεῖ () ἡμῶν, () ψάλατε, ()
[7] ὅτι () βασιλεὺς () πάσης () τῆς () γῆς () ὁ () θεός, () ψάλατε () συνετῶς.
[8] Ἐβασίλευσεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ἐπὶ () τὰ () ἔθνη, () ὁ () θεὸς () κάθηται () ἐπὶ () θρόνου () ἁγίου () αὐτοῦ. ()
[9] Ἄρχοντες () λαῶν () συνήχθησαν () μετὰ () τοῦ () θεοῦ () Αβρααμ, () ὅτι () τοῦ () θεοῦ () οἱ () κραταιοὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () σφόδρα () ἐπήρθησαν. ()

Psalm 47:1 Originally verses 46:1–2.
Psalm 47:2 Originally verse 46:3.
Psalm 47:3 Originally verse 46:4.
Psalm 47:4 Originally verse 46:5.
Psalm 47:5 Originally verse 46:6.
Psalm 47:6 Originally verse 46:7.
Psalm 47:7 Originally verse 46:8.
Psalm 47:8 Originally verse 46:9.
Psalm 47:9 Originally verse 46:10.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.