1 ¶ <<To the chief Musician, A Psalm or Song of
David.>> Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them
also that hate him flee before him.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax
melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the
presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea,
let them exceedingly rejoice.
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth
upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him.
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is
God in his holy habitation.
6 God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which
are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7 ¶ O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou
didst march through the wilderness; Selah:
8 The earth shook, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God:
even Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the
God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, whereby thou didst
confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation hath dwelt therein: thou, O God, hast prepared
of thy goodness for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those
that published it.
12 Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home
divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as
the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow
gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was white as
snow in Salmon.
15 ¶ The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill
as the hill of Bashan.
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.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even
thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in
Sinai, in the holy place.
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.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with
benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.
20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and
unto GOD the Lord belong the issues 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.
22 ¶ The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan, I will bring my
people again 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.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God; even the goings of my
God, my King, in the sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed
after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from
the fountain of Israel.