1. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him.
2. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3. But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: yea, let them rejoice with gladness.
4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; his name is JAH; and exult ye before him.
5. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6. God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7. O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; {cf15i Selah}
8. The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: {cf15i even} yon Sinai {cf15i trembled} at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10. Thy congregation dwelt therein: thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.
11. The Lord giveth the word: the women that publish the tidings are a great host.
12. Kings of armies flee, they flee: and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
13. Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, {cf15i as} the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold?
14. When the Almighty scattered kings therein, {cf15i it was as when} it snoweth in Zalmon.
15. A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; an high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.
16. Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God hath desired for his abode? yea, the LORD will dwell {cf15i in it} for ever.
17. The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands: the Lord is among them, {cf15i as in} Sinai, in the sanctuary.
18. Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led {cf15i thy} captivity captive; thou hast received gifts among men, yea, {cf15i among} the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell {cf15i with them}.
19. Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden, even the God who is our salvation. {cf15i Selah}
20. God is unto us a God of deliverances; and unto JEHOVAH the Lord belong the issues from death.
21. But God shall smite through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his guiltiness.
22. The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring {cf15i them} again from the depths of the sea:
23. That thou mayest dip thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from {cf15i thine} enemies.
24. They have seen thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
25. The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
26. Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, {cf15i ye that are} of the fountain of Israel.
27. There is little Benjamin their ruler, the princes of Judah {cf15i and} their council, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28. Thy God hath commanded thy strength: strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.
29. Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring presents unto thee.
30. Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, trampling under foot the pieces of silver; he hath scattered the peoples that delight in war.
31. Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall haste to stretch out her hands unto God.
32. Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth; O sing praises unto the Lord; {cf15i Selah}
33. To him that rideth upon the heavens of heavens, which are of old; lo, he uttereth his voice, {cf15i and that} a mighty voice.
34. Ascribe ye strength unto God: his excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the skies.
35. O God, {cf15i thou art} terrible out of thy holy places: the God of Israel, he giveth strength and power unto {cf15i his} people. Blessed be God.