1Let God arise; let his enemies be scattered;
let those also who hate him flee before him.

2As smoke is driven away, so drive them away;
as wax melts before the fire,
so let the wicked perish in the presence of God.

3But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God;
may they rejoice and be happy.

4Sing to God! Sing praises to his name!
Praise the one who rides through the plains of the Jordan River valley!
Yahweh is his name! Rejoice before him!

5A father of the fatherless, a judge of the widows,
is God in the holy place where he lives.

6God puts the lonely into families;
he brings out the prisoners with singing;
but the rebellious live in a parched land.

7God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

8The earth trembled;
the heavens also dropped rain in God's presence,
in the presence of God when he came to Sinai, in the presence of God, the God of Israel.

9You, God, sent a plentiful rain;
you strengthened your inheritance when it was weary.

10Your people lived in it;
You, God, gave from your goodness to the poor.

11The Lord gave the orders,
and those who announced them were a great army.

12Kings of armies flee, they flee,
and the women waiting at home divide the plunder:
doves covered with silver
with wings of yellow gold.
When some of you people stayed among the sheepfolds, why did you do this?

14The Almighty scattered kings there,
it was as when it snowed on Mount Zalmon.

15A mighty mountain is the hill country of Bashan;
a high mountain is the hill country of Bashan.

16Why do you look in envy, you high hill country,
at the mountain which God desires for the place he will live?
Indeed, Yahweh will live in it forever.

17The chariots of God are twenty thousand, thousands upon thousands;
the Lord is among them in the holy place, as at Sinai.

18You have ascended on high; you have led away captives;
you have received gifts from among men,
even from those who fought against you,
so that you, Yahweh God, might live there.

19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens,
the God who is our salvation. Selah

20Our God is a God who saves;
Yahweh the Lord is the one who is able to rescue us from death.

21But God will strike through the heads of his enemies,
through the hairy scalps of those who walk in offenses against him.

22The Lord said, “I will bring my enemies back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea

23so that you may crush your enemies, dipping your foot in blood,
and so that the tongues of your dogs may have their share from your enemies.”

24They have seen your processions, God,
the processions of my God, my King, into the holy place.

25The singers went first, the minstrels followed after,
and in the middle were the unmarried girls playing tambourines.

26Bless God in the assemblies;
praise Yahweh, you who are from the fountain ²of Israel.

27There is first Benjamin, the smallest tribe,
then the leaders of Judah and their multitudes,
the leaders of Zebulun and the leaders of Naphtali.

28Your God, Israel, has decreed your strength;
reveal to us your power, God, as you have revealed it in times past.

29Reveal your power to us from your temple at Jerusalem,
where kings bring gifts to you.

30Shout in battle against the wild beasts in the reeds,
against the peoples, that multitude of bulls and calves.
Humiliate them and make them bring you gifts;
scatter the peoples who love to wage war.

31Princes will come out of Egypt;
Cush will hurry to reach out with her hands to God.

32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; Selah
Sing praises to Yahweh.

33To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which exist from ancient times;
see, he lifts up his voice with power.

34Ascribe strength to God;
his majesty is over Israel,
and his strength is in the skies.

35God, you are fearsome in your holy place;
the God of Israel—he gives strength and power to his people.
Blessed be God.