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For the Lord, the Most High, is awesome;
    he is the great King over all the earth.
He subdued nations under us
    and brought peoples under our feet.
He chose our inheritance for us,
    the pride of Jacob,[a] whom he loved. Selah

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  1. Psalm 47:5 Our inheritance . . . the pride of Jacob: the Promised Land (see Gen 12:7; 17:8; Ex 3:8; Deut 1:8; Jer 3:18), which God gave Israel by a sovereign act.

He subdued(A) nations under us,
    peoples under our feet.
He chose our inheritance(B) for us,
    the pride of Jacob,(C) whom he loved.[a]

God has ascended(D) amid shouts of joy,(E)
    the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets.(F)

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  1. Psalm 47:4 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.