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1 Let God rise up and scatter his enemies; let those who hate him run away from him.
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God shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered; and those who hate him shall flee before him!
2 Blow them away as smoke is driven away by the wind. As wax melts before a fire, let the wicked be destroyed before God.
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As smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
3 But those who do right should be glad and should rejoice before God; they should be happy and glad.
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But the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
4 Sing to God; sing praises to his name. Prepare the way for him who rides through the desert, whose name is the Lord. Rejoice before him.
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Sing to God, sing praises to his name; lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts; his name is the Lord; exult before him!
5 God is in his holy Temple. He is a father to orphans, and he defends the widows.
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Father of the fatherless and protector of widows is God in his holy habitation.
6 God gives the lonely a home. He leads prisoners out with joy, but those who turn against God will live in a dry land.
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God settles the solitary in a home; he leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7 God, you led your people out when you marched through the desert.Selah
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O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah
8 The ground shook and the sky poured down rain before God, the God of Mount Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
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the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9 God, you sent much rain; you refreshed your tired land.
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Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;
10 Your people settled there. God, in your goodness you took care of the poor.
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your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.
11 The Lord gave the command, and a great army told the news:
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The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:
12 "Kings and their armies run away. In camp they divide the wealth taken in war.
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“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee! ”The women at home divide the spoil—
13 Those who stayed by the campfires will share the riches taken in battle."
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though you men lie among the sheepfolds—the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
14 The Almighty scattered kings like snow on Mount Zalmon.
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When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on Zalmon.
15 The mountains of Bashan are high; the mountains of Bashan have many peaks.
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O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!
16 Why do you mountains with many peaks look with envy on the mountain that God chose for his home? The Lord will live there forever.
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Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?
17 God comes with millions of chariots; the Lord comes from Mount Sinai to his holy place.
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The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
18 When you went up to the heights, you led a parade of captives. You received gifts from the people, even from those who turned against you. And the Lord God will live there.
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You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.
19 Praise the Lord, God our Savior, who helps us every day. Selah
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Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah
20 Our God is a God who saves us; the Lord God saves us from death.
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Our God is a God of salvation, and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
21 God will crush his enemies' heads, the hairy skulls of those who continue to sin.
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But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
22 The Lord said, "I will bring the enemy back from Bashan; I will bring them back from the depths of the sea.
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The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
23 Then you can stick your feet in their blood, and your dogs can lick their share."
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that you may strike your feet in their blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe. ”
24 God, people have seen your victory march; God my King marched into the holy place.
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Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—
25 The singers are in front and the instruments are behind. In the middle are the girls with the tambourines.
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the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:
26 Praise God in the meeting place; praise the Lord in the gathering of Israel.
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“Bless God in the great congregation, the Lord, O you who are of Israel’s fountain! ”
27 There is the smallest tribe, Benjamin, leading them. their group. and of Naphtali.
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There is Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
28 God, order up your power; show the mighty power you have used for us before.
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Summon your power, O God, the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.
29 Kings will bring their wealth to you, to your Temple in Jerusalem.
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Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall bear gifts to you.
30 Punish Egypt, the beast in the tall grass along the river. Punish the leaders of nations, those bulls among the cows. Defeated, they will bring you their silver. Scatter those nations that love war.
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Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.
31 Messengers will come from Egypt; the people of Cush will pray to God.
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Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
32 Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord. Selah
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O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah
33 Sing to the one who rides through the skies, which are from long ago. He speaks with a thundering voice.
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to him who rides in the heavens, the ancient heavens; behold, he sends out his voice, his mighty voice.
34 Announce that God is powerful. He rules over Israel, and his power is in the skies.
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Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies.
35 God, you are wonderful in your Temple. and power.
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Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!