A psalm written for the choir director by one of the descendants of Korah

47 You people all over the world, clap your hands for joy!

Shout joyfully to praise God!

2 Yahweh, who is much greater than any other god, is awesome;

he is the king who rules over all the world!

3 He enabled us to defeat the armies of the people-groups that lived in Canaan.

4 He chose for us this land where we now live;

we Israeli people [MTY], whom he loves, are proud that we own this land.

(Think about that!)

5 God has gone up into his temple.

The people shouted joyfully and blew trumpets as Yahweh went up.

6 Sing songs to praise our God!

Sing to praise him [DOU]!

Sing to God, our king!

7 God is the one who rules over everything in the world;

sing a psalm to him!

8 God sits on his sacred throne

as he rules over the people of all ethnic groups.

9 The rulers of those people-groups gather as God’s people, the people descended from Abraham, do.

But God has more power than the weapons/shields of all the kings on the earth;

◄he is greatly honored/people honor him► everywhere.