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15 The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.
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Mount Bashan, majestic mountain, Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16 Why leap ye, ye high hills? this is the hill which God desireth to dwell in; yea, the LORD will dwell in it for ever.
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why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain, at the mountain where God chooses to reign, where the LORD himself will dwell forever?
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
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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 for men; yea, for the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell among them.
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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, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
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Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.
20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
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Our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign LORD comes escape from death.
21 But God shall wound the head of his enemies, and the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.
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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 bring again from Bashan, I will bring my people again from the depths of the sea:
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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 thine enemies, and the tongue of thy dogs in the same.
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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; even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.
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Your procession, God, has come into view, the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
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In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.
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