God Shall Scatter His Enemies
To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A Song.
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As 3smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away; 4as wax melts before fire, so the wicked shall perish before God!
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But 5the righteous shall be glad; they shall exult before God; they shall be jubilant with joy!
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Sing to God, 6sing praises to his name; 7lift up a song to him who 8rides through 9the deserts; his name is 10the LORD; exult before him!
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God 13settles the solitary in a home; he 14leads out the prisoners to prosperity, but 15the rebellious dwell in 16a parched land.
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20the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
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21Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;
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though you men lie among 27the sheepfolds-- the wings of a dove covered with silver, its pinions with shimmering gold.
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When the Almighty scatters kings there, let snow fall on 28Zalmon.
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O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peakedb mountain, mountain of Bashan!
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Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God 29desired for his abode, yes, where the LORD will dwell forever?
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30The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.
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31You ascended on high, 32leading a host of captives in your train and 33receiving gifts among men, even among 34the rebellious, 35that the LORD God may dwell there.
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Blessed be the Lord, who daily 36bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah
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Our God is a God of salvation, 37and to GOD, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.
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38But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.
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The Lord said, "I will bring them back 39from Bashan, 40I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,
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that you may 41strike your feet in their blood, that 42the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe."
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Your procession isc seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary--
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There is 48Benjamin, the least of them, in the lead, the princes of Judah in their throng, the princes of 49Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.
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Because of your temple at Jerusalem kings shall 51bear gifts to you.
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Rebuke 52the beasts that dwell among the reeds, the herd of 53bulls with the calves of the peoples. 54Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute; scatter the peoples who delight in war.f
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58O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah
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