For the sovereign Lord ¹  is awe-inspiring; ²  he is the great king who rules the whole earth! ³ 

biblegateway Psa 47:2

For the LORD Most High is to be feared, A great King over all the earth.

For the LORD Most High is awe-inspiring, a great King over all the earth.

We must fear the LORD, the Most High. He is the great king of the whole earth.

biblegateway Psa 47:2

How awesome is the LORD Most High, the great King over all the earth!

For the LORD, the Most High, is to be feared, a great king over all the earth.

bibleoremus Psa 47:2

For the LORD, the Most High, is awesome, a great king over all the earth.

How awesome is the LORD Most High, great King over all the earth!

biblegateway Psa 47:2

For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth.

For the LORD most high [is] terrible; [he is] a great King over all the earth.

biblegateway Psa 47:2

For the sovereign Lord ¹  is awe-inspiring; ²  he is the great king who rules the whole earth! ³ 

¹ tn Heb “the Lord Most High.” The divine title “Most High” (עֶלְיוֹן, ’elyon) pictures the Lord as the exalted ruler of the universe who vindicates the innocent and judges the wicked.

² tn Or “awesome.” The Niphal participle נוֹרָא (nora’), when used of God in the psalms, focuses on the effect that his royal splendor and powerful deeds have on those witnessing his acts (Pss 66:3, 5; 68:35; 76:7, 12; 89:7; 96:4; 99:3; 111:9). Here it refers to his capacity to fill his defeated foes with terror and his people with fearful respect.

³ tn Heb “a great king over all the earth.”