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The God of Sinai and of the Sanctuary.
For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.
1 1Let
AGod arise,
2let His enemies be scattered,
And
3let those who hate Him flee before Him.
2 As
Asmoke is driven away,
so drive
them away;
As
Bwax melts before the fire,
So let the
Cwicked perish before God.
3 But let the
Arighteous be glad; let them exult before God;
Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
4 Sing to God,
Asing praises to His name;
1BLift up
a song for Him who
Crides through the deserts,
Whose
Dname is
2the Loʀᴅ, and exult before Him.
5 A
Afather of the fatherless and a
Bjudge
1for the widows,
Is God in His
Choly habitation.
6 God
1Amakes a home for the lonely;
He
Bleads out the prisoners into prosperity,
Only
Cthe rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7 O God, when You
Awent forth before Your people,
When You
Bmarched through the wilderness,
1Selah.
The
Bheavens also dropped
rain at the presence of God;
1CSinai itself
quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9 You
Ashed abroad a plentiful rain, O God;
You confirmed Your inheritance when it was
1parched.
10 Your creatures settled in it;
You
Aprovided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.
11 The Lord gives the
1command;
The
Awomen who proclaim the
good tidings are a great host:
12 “
AKings of armies flee, they flee,
And she who remains at home will
Bdivide the spoil!”
13 1When you lie down
Aamong the
2sheepfolds,
You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver,
And its pinions with glistening gold.
14 When the Almighty
Ascattered the kings
1there,
It was snowing in
BZalmon.
15 A
1Amountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
16 Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,
At the mountain which God has
Adesired for His abode?
Surely
Bthe Loʀᴅ will dwell
there forever.
17 The
Achariots of God are
1myriads,
Bthousands upon thousands;
2The Lord is among them
as at Sinai, in holiness.
18 You have
Aascended on high, You have
Bled captive
Your captives;
You have received gifts among men,
Even
among the rebellious also, that
1the Loʀᴅ God may dwell
there.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily
Abears our burden,
BThe God
who is our salvation. Selah.
20 God is to us a
AGod of deliverances;
And
Bto
1Goᴅ the Lord belong escapes
2from death.
21 Surely God will
Ashatter the head of His enemies,
The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.
22 The Lord
1said, “
AI will bring
them back from Bashan.
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;
23 That
1Ayour foot may shatter
them in blood,
The tongue of your
Bdogs
may have its portion from
your enemies.”
24 They have seen
AYour
1procession, O God,
The
1procession of my God, my King,
2Binto the sanctuary.
25 The
Asingers went on, the musicians after
them, 1In the midst of the
Bmaidens beating tambourines.
26 ABless God in the congregations,
Even the Loʀᴅ,
you who are of the
Bfountain of Israel.
27 There is
ABenjamin, the
1youngest,
2ruling them,
The princes of Judah in their throng,
The princes of
BZebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28 1Your God has
Acommanded your strength;
Show Yourself strong, O God,
Bwho have acted
2on our behalf.
29 1Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
AKings will bring gifts to You.
30 Rebuke the
Abeasts
1in the reeds,
The herd of
Bbulls with the calves of the peoples,
Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;
He has
Cscattered the peoples who delight in war.
31 Envoys will come out of
AEgypt;
1BEthiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.
32 Sing to God, O
Akingdoms of the earth,
BSing praises to the Lord, Selah.
33 To Him who
Arides upon the
1Bhighest heavens, which are from ancient times;
Behold,
CHe
2speaks forth with His voice, a
Dmighty voice.
34 AAscribe strength to God;
His majesty is over Israel
And
BHis strength is in the
1skies.
35 1O God,
You are Aawesome from Your
2sanctuary.
The God of Israel Himself
Bgives strength and power to the people.