FIRST SCRIPTURE READING: Psalm 47 (Please join the choir in singing the refrain below.)
Refrain:
Clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with loud songs of joy.
For the Lord, the most High is terrible, a great King over all the earth,
He subdued peoples under us, and nations under his feet. Refrain
He chose our heritage for us, the pride of Jacob whom he loves.
God has gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of the trumpet
Sing praises to God, sing praises! Sing praises to our King, sing praises! Refrain
For god is the King of all the earth; sing praises with a psalm!
God reigns over the nations; God sits on his holy throne.
The princes of the peoples gather as the people of God;
