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¹ God rises up and scatters his enemies.
    Those who hate him run away in defeat.
² As smoke is blown away, so he drives them off;
    as wax melts in front of the fire,
    so do the wicked perish in God's presence.
³ But the righteous are glad and rejoice in his presence;
    they are happy and shout for joy.

⁴ Sing to God, sing praises to his name;
    prepare a way for him who rides on the clouds.^[b]
    His name is the Lord—be glad in his presence!

⁵ God, who lives in his sacred Temple,
    cares for orphans and protects widows.
⁶ He gives the lonely a home to live in
    and leads prisoners out into happy freedom,
    but rebels will have to live in a desolate land.

⁷ O God, when you led your people,
    when you marched across the desert,
^8 (a)the earth shook, and the sky poured down rain,
    because of the coming of the God of Sinai,^[c]
    the coming of the God of Israel.
⁹ You caused abundant rain to fall
    and restored your worn-out land;
¹⁰ your people made their home there;
    in your goodness you provided for the poor.

¹¹ The Lord gave the command,
    and many women carried the news:
¹² "Kings and their armies are running away!"
    The women at home divided what was captured:
¹³     figures of doves covered with silver,
    whose wings glittered with fine gold.
(Why did some of you stay among the sheep pens on the day of battle?)
¹⁴ When Almighty God scattered the kings on Mount Zalmon,
    he caused snow to fall there.

¹⁵ What a mighty mountain is Bashan,
    a mountain of many peaks!
¹⁶ Why from your mighty peaks do you look with scorn
    on the mountain^[d] on which God chose to live?
    The Lord will live there forever!

¹⁷ With his many thousands of mighty chariots
    the Lord comes from Sinai^[e] into the holy place.
^18 (b)He goes up to the heights,
    taking many captives with him;
    he receives gifts from rebellious people.
The Lord God will live there.

¹⁹ Praise the Lord,
    who carries our burdens day after day;
    he is the God who saves us.
²⁰ Our God is a God who saves;
    he is the Lord, our Lord,
    who rescues us from death.

²¹ God will surely break the heads of his enemies,
    of those who persist in their sinful ways.
²² The Lord has said, "I will bring your enemies back from Bashan;
    I will bring them back from the depths of the ocean,
²³ so that you may wade in their blood,
    and your dogs may lap up as much as they want."

²⁴ O God, your march of triumph is seen by all,
    the procession of God, my king, into his sanctuary.
²⁵ The singers are in front, the musicians are behind,
    in between are the young women beating the tambourines.
²⁶ "Praise God in the meeting of his people;
    praise the Lord, all you descendants of Jacob!"
²⁷ First comes Benjamin, the smallest tribe,
    then the leaders of Judah with their group,
    followed by the leaders of Zebulun and Naphtali.

²⁸ Show your power, O God,
    the power you have used on our behalf
²⁹     from your Temple in Jerusalem,
    where kings bring gifts to you.
³⁰ Rebuke Egypt, that wild animal in the reeds;
    rebuke the nations, that herd of bulls with their calves,
    until they all bow down and offer you their silver.
Scatter those people who love to make war!^[f]
31 Ambassadors^[g] will come from Egypt;
    the Ethiopians^[h] will raise their hands in prayer to God.

³² Sing to God, kingdoms of the world,
    sing praise to the Lord,
³³     to him who rides in the sky,
    the ancient sky.
Listen to him shout with a mighty roar.
³⁴ Proclaim God's power;
    his majesty is over Israel,
    his might is in the skies.
³⁵ How awesome is God as he comes from his sanctuary—
    the God of Israel!
He gives strength and power to his people.

Praise God!