Psalm 47

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Table of Psalms << Psalm 47 >>
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1 General information
2 Settings by composers
- 2.1 of verse 5 in Latin, "Ascendit Deus"
- 2.2 of verse 5 in English, "God is gone up with a merry noise"
3 Text & translations

General information

Settings by composers

Giovanni Gabrieli (verses 2-6, in Latin)
George M. Garrett (Anglican chant, BCP English)
Orlando Gibbons (in English, Coverdale translation)
Thomas Tremain (verses 1-6 in the English metrical New Version)

of verse 5 in Latin, "Ascendit Deus"

of verse 5 in English, "God is gone up with a merry noise"

William Croft
Verse 5 is the second half of O Clap Your Hands (Orlando Gibbons).

Text & translations

Verse 5 only

Latin text

Ascendit Deus in jubilatione
et Dominus in voce tubae.
Alleluia.

English translation
translation by Allen H Simon

God ascends with rejoicing
and the Lord with the sound of trumpets.
Alleluia.

Church of England 1662 Book of Common Prayer

English text

1 O clap your hands together, all ye people : O sing unto God with the voice of melody.

2 For the Lord is high, and to be feared : he is the great King upon all the earth.

3 He shall subdue the people under us : and the nations under our feet.

4 He shall choose out an heritage for us : even the worship of Jacob, whom he loved.

5 God is gone up with a merry noise : and the Lord with the sound of the trump.

6 O sing praises, sing praises unto our God : O sing praises, sing praises unto our King.

7 For God is the King of all the earth : sing ye praises with understanding.

8 God reigneth over the heathen : God sitteth upon his holy seat.

9 The princes of the people are joined unto the people of the God of Abraham: for God, which is very high exalted, doth defend the earth, as it were with a shield.

Tate and Brady Metrical New Version

English text

1-2 O all ye people, clap your hands,
And with triumphant voices sing;
No force the mighty power withstands
Of God, the universal King.

3-4 He shall opposing nations quell,
And with success our battles fight,
Shall fix the place where we must dwell,
The pride of Jacob, his delight.

5-6 God is gone up, our Lord and King,
With shouts of joy and trumpet's sound;
To him repeated praises sing,
And let the cheerful song go round.

7-8 Your utmost skill in praise be shown,
For him, who all the world commands;
Who sits upon his righteous throne,
And spreads his sway o'er heathen lands.

9 Our chiefs and tribes that far from hence,
To serve the God of Abr'am came,
Found him their constant sure defence:
How great and glorious is his name!

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