1 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.

2 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.

3 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.

4 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.

5 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.

6 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.

7 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.

8 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.

9 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.

10 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.