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1God shall arise, his enemies shall be
2scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!
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As
3smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;
4as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
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But
5the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
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Sing to God,
6sing praises to his name;
7lift up a song to him who
8rides through
9the deserts; his name is
10the LORD; exult before him!
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11Father of the fatherless and
12protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
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God
13settles the solitary in a home; he
14leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but
15the rebellious dwell in
16a parched land.
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O God, when you
17went out before your people,
18when you marched through
19the wilderness, Selah
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20the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
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21Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;
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your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you
22provided for the needy.
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The Lord gives
23the word;
24the women who announce the news are a great host:
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25"The kings of the armies--they flee, they flee!" The women at home
26divide the spoil--
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though you men lie among
27the sheepfolds-- the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
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When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on
28Zalmon.
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O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
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Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God
29desired for his abode, yes, where the LORD will dwell forever?
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30The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
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31You ascended on high,
32leading a host of captives in your train and
33receiving gifts among men, even among
34the rebellious,
35that the LORD God may dwell there.