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The Glory of God in His Goodness to Israel

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.

¹Let ⚓God arise,
Let His enemies be scattered;
Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.
²⚓As smoke is driven away,
So drive them away;
⚓As wax melts before the fire,
So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
³But ⚓let the righteous be glad;
Let them rejoice before God;
Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.
⁴Sing to God, sing praises to His name;
⚓Extol Him who rides on the clouds,
⚓By His name Yah,
And rejoice before Him.
⁵⚓A father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,
Is God in His holy habitation.
⁶⚓God sets the solitary in families;
⚓He brings out those who are bound into prosperity;
But ⚓the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
⁷O God, ⚓when You went out before Your people,
When You marched through the wilderness,
Selah
⁸The earth shook;
The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;
Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
⁹⚓You, O God, sent a plentiful rain,
Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,
When it was weary.
¹⁰Your congregation dwelt in it;
⚓You, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.
¹¹The Lord gave the word;
Great was the company of those who proclaimed it:
¹²“Kings⚓ of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home divides the spoil.
¹³⚓Though you lie down among the sheepfolds,
⚓You will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And her feathers with yellow gold.”
¹⁴⚓When the Almighty scattered kings in it,
It was white as snow in Zalmon.
¹⁵A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
¹⁶Why do you fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks?
⚓This is the mountain which God desires to dwell in;
Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.
¹⁷⚓The chariots of God are twenty thousand,
Even thousands of thousands;
The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place.
¹⁸⚓You have ascended on high,
⚓You have led captivity captive;
⚓You have received gifts among men,
Even from⚓the rebellious,
⚓That the Lord God might dwell there.
¹⁹Blessed be the Lord,
Who daily loads us with benefits,
The God of our salvation!
Selah
²⁰Our God is the God of salvation;
And ⚓to God the Lord belong escapes from death.
²¹But ⚓God will wound the head of His enemies,
⚓The hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses.
²²The Lord said, “I will bring ⚓back from Bashan,
I will bring them back ⚓from the depths of the sea,
²³⚓That your foot may crush them in blood,
⚓And the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
²⁴They have seen Your procession, O God,
The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
²⁵⚓The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;
Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
²⁶Bless God in the congregations,
The Lord, from ⚓the fountain of Israel.
²⁷⚓There is little Benjamin, their leader,
The princes of Judah and their company,
The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.
²⁸Your God has ⚓commanded your strength;
Strengthen, O God, what You have done for us.
²⁹Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,
⚓Kings will bring presents to You.
³⁰Rebuke the beasts of the reeds,
⚓The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,
Till everyone⚓submits himself with pieces of silver.
Scatter the peoples who delight in war.
³¹⚓Envoys will come out of Egypt;
⚓Ethiopia will quickly ⚓stretch out her hands to God.
³²Sing to God, you ⚓kingdoms of the earth;
Oh, sing praises to the Lord,
Selah
³³To Him ⚓who rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old!
Indeed, He sends out His voice, a ⚓mighty voice.
³⁴⚓Ascribe strength to God;
His excellence is over Israel,
And His strength is in the clouds.
³⁵O God, ⚓You are more awesome than Your holy places.
The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.
Blessed be God!

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For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.

¹May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;
may his foes flee before him.
²May you blow them away like smoke—
as wax melts before the fire,
may the wicked perish before God.
³But may the righteous be glad
and rejoice before God;
may they be happy and joyful.

⁴Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds⚓ ;
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
⁵A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
⁶God sets the lonely in families,⚓
he leads out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

⁷When you, God, went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness,⚓
⁸the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
⁹You gave abundant showers, O God;
you refreshed your weary inheritance.
¹⁰Your people settled in it,
and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.

¹¹The Lord announces the word,
and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:
¹²“Kings and armies flee in haste;
the women at home divide the plunder.
¹³Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,⚓
the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,
its feathers with shining gold.”
¹⁴When the Almighty⚓ scattered the kings in the land,
it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.

¹⁵Mount Bashan, majestic mountain,
Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
¹⁶why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,
at the mountain where God chooses to reign,
where the Lord himself will dwell forever?
¹⁷The chariots of God are tens of thousands
and thousands of thousands;
the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.⚓
¹⁸When you ascended on high,
you took many captives;
you received gifts from people,
even from⚓ the rebellious—
that you,⚓Lord God, might dwell there.

¹⁹Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.
²⁰Our God is a God who saves;
from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.
²¹Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,
the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
²²The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
I will bring them from the depths of the sea,
²³that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,
while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”

²⁴Your procession, God, has come into view,
the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
²⁵In front are the singers, after them the musicians;
with them are the young women playing the timbrels.
²⁶Praise God in the great congregation;
praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.
²⁷There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,
there the great throng of Judah’s princes,
and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

²⁸Summon your power, God⚓ ;
show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.
²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem
kings will bring you gifts.
³⁰Rebuke the beast among the reeds,
the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.
Scatter the nations who delight in war.
³¹Envoys will come from Egypt;
Cush⚓ will submit herself to God.

³²Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,
sing praise to the Lord,
³³to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,
who thunders with mighty voice.
³⁴Proclaim the power of God,
whose majesty is over Israel,
whose power is in the heavens.
³⁵You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;
the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.

Praise be to God!