1  ^mGod shall arise, his enemies shall be scattered;

and those who hate him shall flee before him!

2  ⁿAs smoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;

as wax melts before fire,

so the wicked shall perish before God!

3  But the righteous shall be glad;

they shall ^oexult before God;

they shall be jubilant with joy!

4  Sing to God, ^psing praises to his name;

lift up a song to him who rides through the deserts;

his name is the Lord;

exult before him!

5  ^qFather of the fatherless and protector of widows

is God in ^rhis holy habitation.

6  ^sGod settles the solitary in a home;

he ^tleads out the prisoners to prosperity,

but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

7  O God, ^uwhen you went out before your people,

^vwhen you marched through the wilderness, Selah

8  ^wthe earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,

before God, the One of Sinai,

before God,¹ the God of Israel.

9  Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;

you restored your inheritance as it languished;

10  your flock² found a dwelling in it;

in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

11  The Lord gives the word;

^xthe women who announce the news are a great host:

12  “The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”

The women at home divide the spoil—

13  though you men lie among the sheepfolds—

the wings of a dove covered with silver,

its pinions with shimmering gold.

14  When the Almighty scatters kings there,

let snow fall on Zalmon.

15  O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;

O many-peaked³ mountain, mountain of Bashan!

16  Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,

at the mount that ^yGod desired for his abode,

yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?

17  The ^zchariots of God are twice ten thousand,

thousands upon thousands;

the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

18  ^aYou ascended on high,

leading a host of captives in your train

and receiving gifts among men,

even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.

19  Blessed be the Lord,

who daily ^bbears us up;

God is our salvation. Selah

20  Our God is a God of salvation,

and to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

21  But God will ^cstrike the heads of his enemies,

the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

22  The Lord said,

“I will bring them back from Bashan,

I will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

23  that you may strike your ^dfeet in their blood,

that ^ethe tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”

24  Your procession is⁴ seen, O God,

the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—

25  the singers in front, the musicians last,

between them virgins playing tambourines:

26  “Bless God in the great congregation,

the Lord, O you⁵ who are of Israel’s fountain!”

27  There is Benjamin, ^fthe least of them, in the lead,

the princes of Judah in their throng,

the princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

28  Summon your power, O God,⁶

the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

29  Because of your temple at Jerusalem

^gkings shall bear ^hgifts to you.

30  Rebuke the beasts that dwell among the reeds,

the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.

Trample underfoot those who lust after tribute;

scatter the peoples who delight in war.⁷

31  Nobles shall come from Egypt;

ⁱCush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

32  O ^jkingdoms of the earth, sing to God;

sing praises to the Lord, Selah

33  to him who ^krides in the heavens, the ancient heavens;

behold, he sends out his voice, his ^lmighty voice.

34  ^mAscribe power to God,

whose majesty is over Israel,

and whose power is in the skies.

35  Awesome is God from his⁸ sanctuary;

the God of Israel—he is the one who ⁿgives power and strength to his people.

Blessed be God!