Psalms

¹ For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song. Let God arise, let His enemies be scattered, And let those who hate Him flee before Him.

² As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God.

³ And let them rejoice with gladness.

⁴ Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is Yah, and exult before Him.

⁵ Is God in His holy habitation.

⁶ He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷ When You marched through the wasteland, Selah.

⁸ The heavens also dripped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹ You established Your inheritance when it was parched.

¹⁰ You established it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

¹¹ The women who proclaim the good news are a great host:

¹² And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!”

¹³ You all would be like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.

¹⁴ It was snowing in Zalmon.

¹⁵ A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

¹⁶ At the mountain which God has prized for His habitation? Surely Yahweh will dwell there forever.

¹⁷ The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

¹⁸ You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that Yah—God—may dwell there.

¹⁹ The God who is our salvation. Selah.

²⁰ And to Yahweh the Lord belong escapes from death.

²¹ The hairy skull of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.

²² I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

²³ The tongue of your dogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

²⁴ The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

²⁵ In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.

²⁶ Yahweh, the fountain of Israel.

²⁷ The princes of Judah in their throng, The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸ Show Yourself strong, O God, who has worked on our behalf.

²⁹ Kings will bring gifts to You.

³⁰ The herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver; He has cast out the peoples who delight in war.

³¹ Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

³² Sing praises to the Lord, Selah.

³³ Behold, He gives forth His voice, a voice that is strong.

³⁴ His majesty is over Israel And His strength is in the skies.

³⁵ The God of Israel Himself gives strength and might to the people. Blessed be God!