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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1For the music director; by David, a psalm, a song. God springs into action! His enemies scatter; his adversaries run from him. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2As smoke is driven away by the wind, so you drive them away. As wax melts before fire, so the wicked are destroyed before God. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3But the godly are happy; they rejoice before God and are overcome with joy. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides on the clouds! For the LORD is his name! Rejoice before him! |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5He is a father to the fatherless and an advocate for widows. God rules from his holy palace. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6God settles those who have been deserted in their own homes; he frees prisoners and grants them prosperity. But sinful rebels live in the desert. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7O God, when you lead your people into battle, when you march through the desert, (Selah) |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8the earth shakes, yes, the heavens pour down rain before God, the God of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them, |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10for you live among them. You sustain the oppressed with your good blessings, O God. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The Lord speaks; many, many women spread the good news. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Kings leading armies run away--they run away! The lovely lady of the house divides up the loot. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13When you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver and with glittering gold. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14When the sovereign judge scatters kings, let it snow on Zalmon! |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The mountain of Bashan is a towering mountain; the mountain of Bashan is a mountain with many peaks. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, at the mountain where God has decided to live? Indeed the LORD will live there permanently! |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17God has countless chariots; they number in the thousands. The Lord comes from Sinai in holy splendor. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18You ascend on high, you have taken many captives. You receive tribute from men, including even sinful rebels. Indeed the LORD God lives there! |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The Lord deserves praise! Day after day he carries our burden, the God who delivers us. (Selah) |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Our God is a God who delivers; the LORD, the sovereign Lord, can rescue from death. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The Lord says, "I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea, |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23so that your feet may stomp in their blood, and your dogs may eat their portion of the enemies' corpses." |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24They see your processions, O God--the processions of my God, my king, who marches along in holy splendor. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26In your large assemblies praise God, the LORD, in the assemblies of Israel! |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27There is little Benjamin, their ruler, and the princes of Judah in their robes, along with the princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28God has decreed that you will be powerful. O God, you who have acted on our behalf, demonstrate your power, |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29as you come out of your temple in Jerusalem! Kings bring tribute to you. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Sound your battle cry against the wild beast of the reeds, and the nations that assemble like a herd of calves led by bulls! They humble themselves and offer gold and silver as tribute. God scatters the nations that like to do battle. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31They come with red cloth from Egypt, Ethiopia voluntarily offers tribute to God. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God! Sing praises to the Lord, (Selah) |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33to the one who rides through the sky from ancient times! Look! He thunders loudly. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Acknowledge God's power, his sovereignty over Israel, and the power he reveals in the skies! |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35You are awe-inspiring, O God, as you emerge from your holy temple! It is the God of Israel who gives the people power and strength. God deserves praise! |
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