The Book of Psalms — Liber Psalmorum
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Psalm 46
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Vulgate><Douay-Rheims><Knox Bible
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In finem, pro filiis Core. Psalmus.
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Unto the end, for the sons of Core.
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(To the choir-master. Of the sons of Core. A psalm.)
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Omnes gentes, plaudite manibus; jubilate Deo in voce exsultationis:
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O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of joy,
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Clap your hands, all you nations, in applause; acclaim your God with cries of rejoicing.
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quoniam Dominus excelsus, terribilis, rex magnus super omnem terram.
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For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth.
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The Lord is high above us, and worthy of dread; he is the sovereign Ruler of all the earth;
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Subjecit populos nobis, et gentes sub pedibus nostris.
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He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our feet.
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he has tamed the nations to our will, bowed the Gentiles at our feet,
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Elegit nobis hæreditatem suam; speciem Jacob quam dilexit.
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He hath chosen for us his inheritance, the beauty of Jacob which he hath loved.
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claimed us for his own portion, Jacob the fair, the well beloved.
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Ascendit Deus in jubilo, et Dominus in voce tubæ.
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God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet.
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God goes up, loud are the cries of victory; the Lord goes up, loudly the trumpets peal.
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Psallite Deo nostro, psallite; psallite regi nostro, psallite:
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Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye.
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A psalm, a psalm for our God, a psalm, a psalm for our King!
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quoniam rex omnis terræ Deus, psallite sapienter.
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For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely.
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God is King of all the earth; sound the hymn of praise!
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Regnabit Deus super gentes; Deus sedet super sedem sanctam suam.
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God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.
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God reigns over the heathen, God sits enthroned in holiness.
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Principes populorum congregati sunt cum Deo Abraham, quoniam dii fortes terræ vehementer elevati sunt.
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The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted.
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The rulers of the nations throw in their lot with us, that worship Abraham’s God; a God so high, he has all earth’s princes for his vassals.