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1 To the Overseer. -- A Psalm, a song of David. Rise doth God  -- scattered are His enemies! And those hating Him flee from  His face.
2 As the driving away of smoke Thou drivest away, As the  melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence  of God.
3 And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they  joy with gladness.
4 Sing ye to God -- praise His name, Raise up a highway for  Him who is riding in deserts, In Jah [is] His name, and exult  before Him.
5 Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, [Is] God  in His holy habitation.
6 God -- causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out  bound ones into prosperity, Only -- the refractory have  inhabited a dry place.
7 O God, in Thy going forth before Thy people, In Thy  stepping through the wilderness, Selah.
8 The earth hath shaken, Yea, the heavens have dropped before  God, This Sinai -- before God, the God of Israel.
9 A shower of free-will gifts thou shakest out, O God. Thine  inheritance, when it hath been weary, Thou hast established it.
10 Thy company have dwelt in it, Thou preparest in Thy  goodness for the poor, O God.
11 The Lord doth give the saying, The female proclaimers  [are] a numerous host.
12 Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant  of the house apportioneth spoil.
13 Though ye do lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove  covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.
14 When the Mighty spreadeth kings in it, It doth snow in  Salmon.
15 A hill of God [is] the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights  [is] the hill of Bashan.
16 Why do ye envy, O high hills, The hill God hath desired  for His seat? Jehovah also doth tabernacle for ever.
17 The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes,  The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.
18 Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast taken captive  captivity, Thou hast taken gifts for men, That even the  refractory may rest, O Jah God.
19 Blessed [is] the Lord, day by day He layeth on us. God  Himself [is] our salvation. Selah.
20 God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, And Jehovah  Lord hath the outgoings of death.
21 Only -- God doth smite The head of His enemies, The hairy  crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.
22 The Lord said: `From Bashan I bring back, I bring back  from the depths of the sea.
23 So that thou dashest thy foot in blood, [In the blood of]  enemies -- the tongue of Thy dogs.'
24 They have seen Thy goings, O God, Goings of my God, my  king, in the sanctuary.
25 Singers have been before, Behind [are] players on  instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.
26 In assemblies bless ye God, The Lord -- from the fountain  of Israel.
27 There [is] little Benjamin their ruler, Heads of Judah  their defence, Heads of Zebulun -- heads of Naphtali.
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength, Be strong, O God,  this Thou hast wrought for us.
29 Because of Thy temple at Jerusalem, To Thee do kings bring  a present.
30 Rebuke a beast of the reeds, a company of bulls, With  calves of the peoples, Each humbling himself with pieces of  silver, Scatter Thou peoples delighting in conflicts.
31 Come do fat ones out of Egypt, Cush causeth her hands to  run to God.
32 Kingdoms of the earth, sing ye to God, Praise ye the Lord.  Selah.
33 To him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old,  Lo, He giveth with His voice a strong voice.
34 Ascribe ye strength to God, Over Israel [is] His  excellency, and His strength in the clouds.
35 Fearful, O God, out of Thy sanctuaries, The God of Israel  Himself, Giving strength and might to the people. Blessed [is]  God!