For the choir director: A psalm of the sons of Korah.

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

Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout to God with joyful cries!

For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.

For the LORD Most High is an awesome King, great over all the earth.

He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet.

He subdues peoples under us and nations beneath our feet.

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

He chooses our inheritance for us, the pride of Jacob, whom He loves. Selah.

God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

God has ascended with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.

Sing 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!

For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding.

For God is the King over all the earth; sing praises with understanding.

God reigneth over the heathen: God sitteth upon the throne of his holiness.

God reigns over the nations; God is seated on His holy throne.

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.

The nobles of the peoples assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the shields of the earth belong to God; He is greatly exalted.