For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you peoples; shout unto God with a voice of triumph.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
- KJV O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
- NKJV Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
- NASB Clap your hands, all you peoples; Shout to God with a voice of joy.
- NLT Come, everyone! Clap your hands! Shout to God with joyful praise!
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Quick answer
All nations are called to clap their hands and shout joyfully to God. It matters because God is worthy of exuberant praise from every people.
Overview
Psalm 47 opens with a global call to worship, summoning all peoples to celebrate God with joyful acclaim. The clapping and shouting express triumphant praise fitting for a king. This universal invitation anticipates the gospel going to all nations, gathering worshipers for the King who reigns over the whole earth.
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 98:4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
- Ps 106:47Save 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.
- Jer 31:7For 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!’
- Ps 46:1For the choirmaster. Of the sons of Korah. According to Alamoth. A song. God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in times of trouble.
- Rev 19:1–2After 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!
- Zech 9:9Rejoice 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.
- 2 Sam 6:15while he and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting and the sounding of the ram’s horn.
- Isa 55:12You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.
- Ps 47:5God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the LORD with the sound of the horn.
- Ezra 3:11–13And they sang responsively with praise and thanksgiving to the LORD: “For He is good; for His loving devotion to Israel endures forever.” Then all the people gave a great shout of praise to the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD had been laid.
- Zech 4:7What are you, O great mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become a plain. Then he will bring forth the capstone accompanied by shouts of ‘Grace, grace to it!’”
- 2 Kgs 11:12Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
- 1 Sam 10:24Samuel said to all the people, “Do you see the one the LORD has chosen? There is no one like him among all the people.” And all the people shouted, “Long live the king!”
- 2 Chr 13:15and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- Luke 19:37–40And as He approached the descent from the Mount of Olives, the whole multitude of disciples began to praise God joyfully in a loud voice for all the miracles they had seen:
- Ps 98:8Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
- Zeph 3:14Sing for joy, O Daughter of Zion; shout aloud, O Israel! Be glad and rejoice with all your heart, O Daughter of Jerusalem!
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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