1 ¶ O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.

Show your happiness, all peoples! Call out to God with the voice of joy!

2 F or the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

For the Lord Most High is to be feared. He is a great King over all the earth.

3 H e shall guide the peoples under us, and the Gentiles under our feet.

He sets people under us, and nations under our feet.

4 H e shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah.

He chooses for us what is to be ours, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves.

5 ¶ God is gone up with a shout of joy, the LORD with the sound of the shofar.

God has gone up with a loud voice, the Lord with the sound of a horn.

6 S ing praises to God, sing praises; sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

Sing praises to God. Sing praises. Sing praises to our King. Sing praises.

7 F or God is the King of all the earth; sing ye praises with understanding.

For God is the King of all the earth. Sing praises with a well written song.

8 G od reigns over the Gentiles; God sits upon the throne of his holiness.

God rules over the nations. God sits on His holy throne.

9 T he princes of the peoples have joined the people of the God of Abraham; for the shields of the earth belong unto God; he is greatly exalted.

The rulers of the people have gathered together as the people of the God of Abraham. For the powers of the earth belong to God. He is much honored.