Skip to content

Psalms 47

The Bible Guide

Key Verse

Psalms 47:6 BSB

Sing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises!

Outline

  • Shout To God With The Voice Of Triumph! (v1-4)
  • Sing Praises To God Our King, Sing Praises (v5-7)
  • God Sits On His Throne Over The Nations (v8-9)

Context

  • Written by Sons of Korah
  • Written in Hebrew
  • Passage type · Poetic
  • 9 verses · 150 words

View Chapter On FerventWord.com ↗

Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples

For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.

1Clap your hands, all you peoples;

shout unto God with a voice of triumph.

2How awesome is the LORD Most High,

the great King over all the earth!

3He subdues nations beneath us,

and peoples under our feet.

4He chooses our inheritance for us,

the pride of Jacob, whom He loves.

Selah

5God has ascended amid shouts of joy,

the LORD with the sound of the horn.

6Sing praises to God, sing praises;

sing praises to our King, sing praises!

7For God is King of all the earth;

sing to Him a psalm of praise.a

8God reigns over the nations;

God is seated on His holy throne.

9The nobles of the nations have assembled

as the people of the God of Abraham;

for the shields of the earth belong to God;

He is highly exalted.

  1. a 47:7 Or sing a Maskil of praise or sing praises with understanding
Further Study

Study Tools

Opening one of these opens the chapter you are reading in that tool, which means telling it which chapter. FerventWord keeps no record of it, and nothing is sent unless you open one.