# Psalms 47.2

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**Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 1. <sup>For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.</sup> Oh clap your hands, all ye peoples; Shout unto God with the voice of triumph.
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> **2. For Jehovah Most High is terrible; He is a great King over all the earth.**
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> 3. He subdueth peoples under us, And nations under our feet. 4. He chooseth our inheritance for us, The glory of Jacob whom he loved. Selah (Psalms 47:1-4, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 1. <b>For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah. </b> Oh clap your hands, all you nations. Shout to God with the voice of triumph!
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> **2. For Yahweh Most High is awesome. He is a great King over all the earth.**
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> 3. He subdues nations under us, and peoples under our feet. 4. He chooses our inheritance for us, the glory of Jacob whom he loved. <i>Selah.</i> (Psalms 47:1-4, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 1. To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. O clap your hands, all ye people; shout unto God with the voice of triumph. <sup>for: or, of</sup>
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> **2. For the LORD most high is terrible; he is a great King over all the earth.**
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> 3. He shall subdue the people under us, and the nations under our feet. 4. He shall choose our inheritance for us, the excellency of Jacob whom he loved. Selah. (Psalms 47:1-4, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 1. To the Overseer., By sons of Korah. A Psalm. All ye peoples, clap the hand, Shout to God with a voice of singing,
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> **2. For Jehovah Most High [is] fearful, A great king over all the earth.**
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> 3. He leadeth peoples under us, and nations under our feet. 4. He doth choose for us our inheritance, The excellency of Jacob that He loves. Selah. (Psalms 47:1-4, YLT)

## Setting

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- **Audience:** _TBD_
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## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._

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## Quoted in

**Arguments and defeaters:**

- [Yahweh is a Son of Elyon Defeater](/codex/yahweh-is-a-son-of-elyon-defeater/)

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.