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1 Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face. God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him! For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song. May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
2 As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God! May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
3 And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness. But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy! But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
4 Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence, Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the LORD; exult before him! Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD.
5 who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God in his holy place: Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
6 God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres. God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7 O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert: O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,
8 The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel. the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9 Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect. Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished; You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor. your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy. Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.
11 The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power. The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host: The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:
12 The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils. “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!” The women at home divide the spoil— “Kings and armies flee in haste; the women at home divide the plunder.
13 If you sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold. though you men lie among the sheepfolds— the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold. Even while you sleep among the sheep pens, the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”
14 When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon. When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on Zalmon. When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.
15 The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain. O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan! Mount Bashan, majestic mountain, Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16 Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end. Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the LORD will dwell forever? why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?
17 The chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place. The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary. The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God. You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there. When you ascended on high, you took many captives; you received gifts from people, even from the rebellious— that you, LORD God, might dwell there.
19 Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us. Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.
20 Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death. Our God is a God of salvation, and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death. Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
21 But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins. But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways. Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies, the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
22 The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea: The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea, The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan; I will bring them from the depths of the sea,
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same. that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.” that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes, while the tongues of your dogs have their share.”
24 They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary. Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary— Your procession, God, has come into view, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
25 Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels. the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines: In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.
26 In the churches bless ye God the Lord, from the fountains of Israel. “Bless God in the great congregation, the LORD, O you who are of Israel’s fountain!” Praise God in the great congregation; praise the LORD in the assembly of Israel.
27 There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali. There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali. There 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.
28 Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us. Summon your power, O God, the power, O God, by which you have worked for us. Summon your power, God; show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.
29 From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee. Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bear gifts to you. Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring you gifts.
30 Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars: Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war. Rebuke 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.
31 ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God. Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God. Envoys will come from Egypt; Cush will submit herself to God.
32 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God, O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth, sing praise to the Lord,
33 who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power: to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice. to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens, who thunders with mighty voice.
34 give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds. Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies. Proclaim the power of God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose power is in the heavens.
35 God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God. Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God! You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!
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