For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm.

     1             Clap your hands, all you nations;

         shout to God with cries of joy.

     2             For the Lord Most High is awesome,

         the great King over all the earth.

     3             He subdued nations under us,

         peoples under our feet.

     4             He chose our inheritance for us,

         the pride of Jacob, whom he loved.

     5             God has ascended amid shouts of joy,

         the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.

     6             Sing praises to God, sing praises;

         sing praises to our King, sing praises.

     7             For God is the King of all the earth;

         sing to him a psalm of praise.

     8             God reigns over the nations;

         God is seated on his holy throne.

     9             The nobles of the nations assemble

         as the people of the God of Abraham,

                  for the kings of the earth belong to God;

         he is greatly exalted.