Omnes gentes, plaudite. The Gentiles are invited to praise God for the establishment of the kingdom of Christ. 46:1. Unto the end, for the sons of Core. 46:2. O clap your hands, all ye nations: shout unto God with the voice of joy, 46:3. For the Lord is high, terrible: a great king over all the earth. 46:4. He hath subdued the people under us; and the nations under our feet. 46:5. He hath chosen for us his inheritance, the beauty of Jacob which he hath love. 46:6. God is ascended with jubilee, and the Lord with the sound of trumpet. 46:7. Sing praises to our God, sing ye: sing praises to our king, sing ye. 46:8. For God is the king of all the earth: sing ye wisely. 46:9. God shall reign over the nations: God sitteth on his holy throne. 46:10. The princes of the people are gathered together, with the God of Abraham: for the strong gods of the earth are exceedingly exalted. Psalms Chapter 47 Magnus Dominus. God is greatly to be praised for the establishment of his church. 47:1. A psalm of a canticle, for the sons of Core, on the second day of the week. 47:2. Great is the Lord, and exceedingly to be praised in the city of our God, in his holy mountain. 47:3. With the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion founded, on the sides of the north, the city of the great king. 47:4. In her houses shall God be known, when he shall protect her. 47:5. For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together. 47:6. So they saw, and they wondered, they were troubled, they were moved: 47:7. Trembling took hold of them. There were pains as of a woman in labour. 47:8. With a vehement wind thou shalt break in pieces the ships of Tharsis. 47:9. As we have heard, so have we seen, in the city of the Lord of hosts, in the city of our God: God hath founded it for ever. 47:10. We have received thy mercy, O God, in the midst of thy temple. 47:11. According to thy name, O God, so also is thy praise unto the ends of the earth: thy right hand is full of justice. 47:12. Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; because of thy judgments, O Lord. 47:13. Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell lye in her towers. 47:14. Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation. 47:15. For this is God, our God unto eternity, and for ever and ever: he shall rule us for evermore. Psalms Chapter 48 Audite haec, omnes gentes. The folly of worldlings, who live on in sin, without thinking of death or hell. 48:1. Unto the end, a psalm for the sons of Core. 48:2. Hear these things, all ye nations: give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world. 48:3. All you that are earthborn, and you sons of men: both rich and poor together. 48:4. My mouth shall speak wisdom: and the meditation of my heart understanding. 48:5. I will incline my ear to a parable; I will open my proposition on the psaltery.