🔊 Audio of Psalm 47
Psalm 47
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | לַמְנַצֵּ֬חַ | לִבְנֵי־קֹ֬רַח מִזְמֽוֹר: | La-me-nat-tsé-akh liv-néi Ko-rákh miz-mór. | To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the Sons of Korah. |
| 2 | כָּל־הָעַמִּים תִּקְעוּ־כָף הָרִיעוּ לֵאלֹהִים בְּקוֹל רִנָּה | Kál ha-am-mím tik-e-ú kháf; ha-rí-u le-E-lo-hím be-kól ri-náh. | Clap your hands, all peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy! |
| 3 | כִּי־יְהוָה עֶלְיוֹן נוֹרָא מֶלֶךְ גָּדוֹל עַל־כָּל־הָאָרֶץ | Ki Ado-nái el-yón no-rá; me-lékh ga-dól al kál ha-á-rets. | For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth. |
| 4 | יַדְבֵּר עַמִּים תַּחְתֵּינוּ וּלְאֻמִּים תַּחַת רַגְלֵינוּ | Yad-bér am-mím ta-kha-té-nu; u-le-um-mím ta-khaát rag-lé-nu. | He subdued peoples under us, and nations under our feet. |
| 5 | יִבְחַר־לָנוּ אֶת־נַחֲלָתֵנוּ אֶת גְּאוֹן יַעֲקֹב אֲשֶׁר־אָהֵב סֶלָה | Yiv-khar lá-nu et na-kha-la-té-nu; et ga-a-vón Ya-a-kóv a-shér a-hév. Sé-lah. | He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom He loves. Selah. |
| 6 | עָלָה אֱלֹהִים בִּתְרוּעָה יְהֹוָה בְּקוֹל שׁוֹפָר | A-láh E-lo-hím bi-te-ru-áh; Ado-nái be-kól sho-fár. | God has gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet. |
| 7 | זַמְּרוּ אֱלֹהִים זַמֵּרוּ זַמְּרוּ לְמַלְכֵּנוּ זַמֵּרוּ | Zam-me-rú E-lo-hím zam-me-rú; zam-me-rú le-mal-ké-nu zam-me-rú. | Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! |
| 8 | כִּי מֶלֶךְ כָּל־הָאָרֶץ אֱלֹהִים זַמְּרוּ מַשְׂכִּיל | Ki me-lékh kál ha-á-rets E-lo-hím; zam-me-rú maskíl. | For God is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm! |
| 9 | מָלַךְ אֱלֹהִים עַל־גּוֹיִם אֱלֹהִים יָשַׁב עַל־כִּסֵּא קָדְשׁוֹ | Ma-lákh E-lo-hím al ha-go-yím; E-lo-hím ya-sháv al ki-séh kod-shó. | God reigns over the nations; God sits on His holy throne. |
| 10 | נְדִיבֵי עַמִּים נֶאֱסָפוּ עַם אֱלֹהֵי אַבְרָהָם כִּי לֵאלֹהִים מָגִנֵּי־אֶרֶץ מְאֹד נַעֲלָה | Ne-dí-véi am-mím ne-e-sá-fu; am E-lo-héi Av-ra-hám; ki le-E-lo-hím ma-ge-néi á-rets; me-ód na-a-láh. | The princes of the peoples gather as the people of the God of Abraham. For the shields of the earth belong to God; He is highly exalted! |