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God’s Enemies Are Scattered

¹ For the choirmaster. A Psalm Of David. A Song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.² As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.³ But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.⁴ Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds—His name is the LORD—and rejoice before Him.⁵ A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.⁶ God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

⁷ O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah⁸ the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.⁹ You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.¹⁰ Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.¹¹ The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:¹² “Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home will divide the plunder.¹³ Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”¹⁴ When the Almighty^(a) scattered the kings in the land it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.

¹⁵ A mountain of God is the hill of Bashan; a mount of many peaks is Mount Bashan.¹⁶ Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.¹⁷ The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai^(a).¹⁸ You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah²⁰ Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.²¹ Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

²² The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,²³ that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes, the tongues of your dogs in the same.”²⁴ They have seen Your procession, O God—the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.²⁵ The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.²⁶ Bless God in the great congregation, bless the Lord from the fountain of Israel.²⁷ There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.²⁸ Summon Your power, O God^(a); show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.²⁹ Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bear you gifts.³⁰ Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.³¹ Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush^(a) will stretch out her hands to God.

³² Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord, Selah³³ to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.³⁴ Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.³⁵ O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!