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1 For the end, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Clap your hands, all you nations; shout to God with a voice of exaltation.
2 For the Lord Most High is awesome; [He is] a great King over all the earth.
3 He has subdued the peoples under us, and the nations under our feet.
4 He has chosen out His inheritance for us, the beauty of Jacob which He loved. Pause.
5 God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with a sound of a trumpet.
6 Sing praises to our God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises.
7 For God is King of all the earth; sing praises with understanding.
8 God reigns over the nations; God sits upon the throne of His holiness.
9 The rulers of the people are assembled with the God of Abraham; for God's mighty ones of the earth have been greatly exalted.
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