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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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大衛的詩歌。交給聖詠團長。

勝利之歌

¹願上帝興起，使他的仇敵四散，
使那恨他的人從他面前逃跑。
²你驅逐他們⚓，如煙被吹散；
惡人見上帝的面就消滅，如蠟被火熔化。
³惟有義人必然歡喜，
在上帝面前快樂，
他們要在喜樂中歡欣。

⁴你們當向上帝唱詩，歌頌他的名；
為那駕車經過曠野的修平道路⚓。
他的名是耶和華，
你們要在他面前歡樂！

⁵上帝在他的聖所作孤兒的父，
作寡婦的伸冤者。
⁶上帝使孤獨的有家，
使被囚的出來享福；
惟有悖逆的要住在乾旱之地。

⁷上帝啊，當你走在百姓前頭，
在曠野行進，（細拉）
⁸地見上帝的面就震動，天也降雨；
西奈山見以色列上帝的面也震動。
⁹上帝啊，你降下大雨；
你的產業以色列疲乏的時候，你使他堅固。
¹⁰你的會眾住在境內；
上帝啊，你在恩惠中為困苦人預備所需的。

¹¹主發命令，
傳好信息的婦女成了大羣：
¹²「統領大軍的君王逃跑了，逃跑了！」
在家等候的婦女也分得了掠物。
¹³你們躺臥在羊圈，
好像鴿子的翅膀鍍銀，翎毛鍍金一般。
¹⁴全能者在境內趕散列王的時候，
勢如飄雪在撒們。

¹⁵巴珊山是極其宏偉⚓的山，
巴珊山是多峯多嶺的山。
¹⁶你們多峯多嶺的山哪，
為何以妒忌的眼光看上帝所願居住的山？
耶和華必住這山，直到永遠！

¹⁷上帝的車輦累萬盈千；
主在其中，好像在西奈聖山一樣。
¹⁸你已經升上高天，擄掠了俘虜；
你在人間，就是在悖逆的人中，受了供獻，
使耶和華上帝可以與他們同住。
¹⁹天天背負我們重擔的主，
就是拯救我們的上帝，
是應當稱頌的！（細拉）
²⁰上帝是為我們施行拯救的上帝；
人能脫離死亡是在乎主－耶和華。

²¹但上帝要打破他仇敵的頭，
就是那常犯罪之人的頭顱。
²²主說：「我要使百姓從巴珊歸來，
使他們從深海轉回，
²³好叫你打碎仇敵，使你的腳踹在血中，
使你狗的舌頭也有份。」

²⁴上帝啊，你是我的上帝，我的王；
人已經看見你行走，進入聖所。
²⁵歌唱的行在前，作樂的隨在後，
都在擊鼓的童女中間：
²⁶「從以色列源頭而來的啊，
你們當在各會中稱頌上帝－耶和華！」
²⁷在那裏，有統管他們的小便雅憫，
有猶大的領袖和他們的一羣人，
有西布倫的領袖，
有拿弗他利的領袖。

²⁸你的上帝已賜給你力量⚓；
上帝啊，求你堅固你為我們所成全的事！
²⁹因你耶路撒冷的殿，
列王必帶貢物獻給你。
³⁰求你斥責蘆葦中的野獸和公牛羣，
並萬民中的牛犢。
直到他們帶着銀塊來朝貢⚓；
上帝已經趕散好戰的萬民⚓。
³¹埃及的使臣要出來，
古實⚓人要急忙向上帝伸出手來。
³²地上的國度啊，你們要向上帝歌唱，
要歌頌主，（細拉）
³³就是那駕行在亙古的諸天之上的主！
聽啊，他發出聲音，是極大的聲音。
³⁴你們要將能力歸給上帝；
他的威榮在以色列之上，
他的能力顯在天上。
³⁵上帝啊，你從聖所顯為可畏，
以色列的上帝是那將力量權能賜給他百姓的。

上帝是應當稱頌的！