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[For the choirmaster Of David Psalm Song] Let God arise, let his enemies scatter, let his opponents flee before him.
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You disperse them like smoke; as wax melts in the presence of a fire, so the wicked melt at the presence of God.
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The upright rejoice in the presence of God, delighted and crying out for joy.
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Sing to God, play music to his name, build a road for the Rider of the Clouds, rejoice in Yahweh, dance before him.
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Father of orphans, defender of widows, such is God in his holy dwelling.
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God gives the lonely a home to live in, leads prisoners out into prosperity, but rebels must live in the bare wastelands.
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God, when you set out at the head of your people, when you strode over the desert,
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the earth rocked, Pause the heavens pelted down rain at the presence of God, at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
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God, you rained down a shower of blessings, when your heritage was weary you gave it strength.
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Your family found a home, which you in your generosity provided for the humble.
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The Lord gave a command, the good news of a countless army.
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The chieftains of the army are in flight, in flight, and the fair one at home is sharing out the spoils.
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While you are at ease in the sheepfolds, the wings of the Dove are being covered with silver, and her feathers with a sheen of green gold;
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when Shaddai scatters the chieftains, through her it snows on the Dark Mountain.
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A mountain of God, the mountain of Bashan! a haughty mountain, the mountain of Bashan!
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Why be envious, haughty mountains, of the mountain God has chosen for his dwelling? There God will dwell for ever.
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The chariots of God are thousand upon thousand; God has come from Sinai to the sanctuary.
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You have climbed the heights, taken captives, you have taken men as tribute, even rebels that Yahweh God might have a dwelling-place.
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Blessed be the Lord day after day, he carries us along, God our Saviour. Pause
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This God of ours is a God who saves; from Lord Yahweh comes escape from death;
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but God smashes the head of his enemies, the long-haired skull of the prowling criminal.
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The Lord has said, 'I will bring them back from Bashan, I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
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so that you may bathe your feet in blood, and the tongues of your dogs feast on your enemies.'
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Your processions, God, are for all to see, the processions of my God, of my king, to the sanctuary;
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singers ahead, musicians behind, in the middle come girls, beating their drums.
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In choirs they bless God, Yahweh, since the foundation of Israel.
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Benjamin was there, the youngest in front, the princes of Judah in bright-coloured robes, the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
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Take command, my God, as befits your power, the power, God, which you have wielded for us,
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from your temple high above Jerusalem. Kings will come to you bearing tribute.
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Rebuke the Beast of the Reeds, that herd of bulls, that people of calves, who bow down with ingots of silver. Scatter the people who delight in war.
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From Egypt nobles will come, Ethiopia will stretch out its hands to God.
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Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, play for
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the Rider of the Heavens, the primeval heavens. Pause There he speaks, with a voice of power!
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Acknowledge the power of God. Over Israel his splendour, in the clouds his power.
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Awesome is God in his sanctuary. He, the God of Israel, gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God.
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