GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
1 God will arise. His enemies will be scattered. Those who hate him will flee from him.
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May God arise, may his enemies be scattered; may his foes flee before him.
2 Blow them away like smoke. Let wicked people melt in God's presence like wax next to a fire.
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May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
3 But let righteous people rejoice. Let them celebrate in God's presence. Let them overflow with joy.
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But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
4 Sing to God; make music to praise his name. Make a highway for him to ride through the deserts. The LORD is his name. Celebrate in his presence.
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Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds ; rejoice before him—his name is the LORD.
5 The God who is in his holy dwelling place is the father of the fatherless and the defender of widows.
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A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
6 God places lonely people in families. He leads prisoners out of prison into productive lives, but rebellious people must live in an unproductive land.
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God sets the lonely in families,he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7 O God, when you went in front of your people, when you marched through the desert, Selah
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When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,
8 the earth quaked and the sky poured in the presence of the God of Sinai, in the presence of the God of Israel.
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the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9 You watered the land with plenty of rain, O God. You refreshed it when your land was exhausted.
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You gave abundant showers, O God; you refreshed your weary inheritance.
10 Your flock settled there. Out of your goodness, O God, you provided for oppressed people.
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Your people settled in it, and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.
11 The Lord gives instructions. The women who announce the good news are a large army.
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The Lord announces the word, and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:
12 [They say,] "The kings of the armies flee; they run away. The women who remained at home will divide the goods.
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“Kings and armies flee in haste; the women at home divide the plunder.
13 Though you stayed among the sheep pens, [you will be like] the wings of a dove covered with silver, its feathers with yellow gold.
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Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver, its feathers with shining gold.”
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