Psalm 47

This article is about Psalm 47 in Hebrew (Masoretic) numbering. For Psalm 47 in Greek Septuagint or Latin Vulgate numbering, see Psalm 48.
"O clap your hands" redirects here. For the motet by Vaughan Williams, see O clap your hands (Vaughan Williams). For the anthem by Rutter, see O clap your hands (Rutter).

Psalm 47
"O clap your hands, all ye people"
Hymn psalm
Psalm 47 in a Luther Bible, 1544
Other name
  • Psalm 46
  • "Omnes gentes plaudite manibus"
Textby Korahites
LanguageHebrew (original)

Psalm 47 is the 47th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version: "O clap your hands". The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the slightly different numbering system used in the Greek Septuagint and Latin Vulgate translations of the Bible, this psalm is Psalm 46. In Latin, it is known as "Omnes gentes plaudite manibus".[1] The psalm is a hymn psalm. It is one of twelve psalms attributed to the sons of Korah, and one of fifty-five psalms addressed to the "Chief Musician" or "Conductor".

The psalm forms a regular part of Jewish, Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican and other Protestant liturgies. It has often been set to music, notably by Heinrich Schütz, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Rutter and Oskar Gottlieb Blarr.

  1. ^ Parallel Latin/English Psalter / Psalmus 46 (47) Archived May 7, 2017, at the Wayback Machine medievalist.net