Psalm 47:8 {46:9}
Good News Translation
God sits on his sacred throne; he rules over the nations.

New Revised Standard Version
God is king over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.

Contemporary English Version
God rules the nations from his sacred throne.

New American Bible
God rules over the nations; God sits upon his holy throne.

Douay-Rheims Bible
God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.

reigneth

Psalm 22:27-29 All the ends of the earth shall remember, and shall be converted to the Lord: And all the kindreds of the Gentiles shall adore in his sight. . . .

Psalm 93:1 The Lord hath reigned, he is clothed with beauty: the Lord is clothed with strength, and hath girded himself. For he hath established the world which shall not be moved.

Psalm 96:10 Say ye among the Gentiles, the Lord hath reigned. For he hath corrected the world, which shall not be moved: he will judge the people with justice.

Psalm 97:1 For the same David, when his land was restored again to him. The Lord hath reigned, let the earth rejoice: let many islands be glad.

Psalm 99:1 A psalm for David himself. The Lord hath reigned, let the people be angry: he that sitteth on the cherubims: let the earth be moved.

Psalm 110:6 He shall judge among nations, he shall fill ruins: he shall crush the heads in the land of many.

1 Chronicles 16:31 Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad: and let them say among the nations: The Lord hath reigned.

Revelation 19:6 And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of great thunders, saying: Alleluia: for the Lord our God, the Almighty, hath reigned.

throne

Psalm 9:4 For thou hast maintained my judgment and my cause: thou hast sat on the throne, who judgest justice.

Psalm 45:6,7 Thy throne, O God, is forever and ever: the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of uprightness. . . .

Psalm 48:1 A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week. [2] Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain.

Psalm 89:14 Justice and judgment are the preparation of thy throne. Mercy and truth shall go before thy face:

Psalm 94:20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?

Hebrews 4:16 Let us go therefore with confidence to the throne of grace: that we may obtain mercy and find grace in seasonable aid.

Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne and one sitting upon it, from whose face the earth and heaven fled away: and there was no place found for them

Context
Clap Your Hands, All You Peoples
7For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely. 8God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne.9The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted.…
Cross References
Revelation 4:9
And when those living creatures gave glory and honour and benediction to him that sitteth on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever:

Revelation 4:10
The four and twenty ancients fell down before him that sitteth on the throne and adored him that liveth for ever and ever and cast their crowns before the throne, saying:

1 Chronicles 16:31
Let the heavens rejoice, and the earth be glad: and let them say among the nations: The Lord hath reigned.

Psalm 22:28
For the kingdom is the Lord's; and he shall have dominion over the nations.

Psalm 67:4
Let the nations be glad and rejoice: for thou judgest the people with justice, and directest the nations upon earth.

Psalm 97:2
Clouds and darkness are round about him: justice and judgment are the establishment of his throne.

Psalm 103:19
The Lord hath prepared his throne in heaven: and his kingdom shall rule over all.

Ezekiel 43:7
Said to me: Son of man, the place of my throne, and the place of the soles of my feet, where I dwell in the midst of the children of Israel for ever: and the house of Israel shall no more profane my holy name, they and their kings by their fornications, and by the carcasses of their kings, and by the high places.

Psalm 47:7
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