Psalm 47 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

Psa 47:1(LXX 46:1) For the end, a Psalm for the sons of Core. (46:2) Clap your hands, all ye nations; shout to God with a voice of exultation.

Psa 47:2(LXX 46:3) For the Lord most high is terrible; he is a great king over all the earth.

Psa 47:3(LXX 46:4) He has subdued the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.

Psa 47:4(LXX 46:5) He has chosen out his inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which he loved. Pause.

Psa 47:5(LXX 46:6) God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet.

Psa 47:6(LXX 46:7) Sing praises to our God, sing praises: sing praises to our King, sing praises.

Psa 47:7(LXX 46:8) For God is king of all the earth: sing praises with understanding.

Psa 47:8(LXX 46:9) God reigns over the nations: God sits upon the throne of his holiness.

Psa 47:9(LXX 46:10) The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraam: for God's mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.

Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain