Psalms 47:1

Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.

2 How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

3 He subdues nations beneath us, and peoples under our feet.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
KJV
O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
WEB
Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
ASV
Oh clap your hands, all ye peoples; Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
DARBY
{To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm.} All ye peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God with the voice of triumph!
BLB
For the one directing. Of the sons of Korah. A Psalm. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> All [you] peoples, clap your hands; shout unto God, with a voice of a ringing cry!
ÅB
Klapp i hender, alle folk, juble for Gud med fryderop.
OTB
Klapp i hendene, alle folk;
Rop til Gud med jubelens røst.
B1930
Klapp i hender, alle folk, juble for Gud med fryderop.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Psalms 98:4

    Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!

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  • Jeremiah 31:7

    For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’

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  • Psalms 106:47

    Save us, O LORD our God, and gather us from the nations, that we may give thanks to Your holy name, that we may glory in Your praise.

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  • Psalms 46:1

    God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.

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  • Revelation 19:1–2

    After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!

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  • Zechariah 9:9

    Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your King comes to you, righteous and victorious, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.

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  • Psalms 47:5

    God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.

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  • 2 Samuel 6:15

    while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.

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