Psalm 47
Omnes gentes, plaudite
1
Clap your hands, all you peoples; *
shout to God with a cry of joy.
2
For the Lord Most High is to be feared; *
he is the great King over all the earth.
3
He subdues the peoples under us, *
and the nations under our feet.
4
He chooses our inheritance for us, *
the pride of Jacob whom he loves.
5
God has gone up with a shout, *
the Lord with the sound of the ram’s-horn.
6
Sing praises to God, sing praises; *
sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7
For God is King of all the earth; *
sing praises with all your skill.
8
God reigns over the nations; *
God sits upon his holy throne.
9
The nobles of the peoples have gathered together *
with the people of the God of Abraham.
10
The rulers of the earth belong to God, *
and he is highly exalted.
Psalm 48
Magnus Dominus
1
Great is the Lord, and highly to be praised; *
in the city of our God is his holy hill.
2
Beautiful and lofty, the joy of all the earth, is the hill of Zion, *
the very center of the world and the city of the great King.
3
God is in her citadels; *
he is known to be her sure refuge.
4
Behold, the kings of the earth assembled *
and marched forward together.
5
They looked and were astounded; *
they retreated and fled in terror.
6
Trembling seized them there; *
they writhed like a woman in childbirth,
like ships of the sea when the east wind shatters them.
7
As we have heard, so have we seen,
in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God; *
God has established her for ever.
8
We have waited in silence on your loving-kindness, O God, *
in the midst of your temple.
9
Your praise, like your Name, O God, reaches to the world’s end; *
your right hand is full of justice.
10
Let Mount Zion be glad
and the cities of Judah rejoice, *
because of your judgments.
11
Make the circuit of Zion;
walk round about her; *
count the number of her towers.
12
Consider well her bulwarks;
examine her strongholds; *
that you may tell those who come after.
13
This God is our God for ever and ever; *
he shall be our guide for evermore.