¹ For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.

² As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.

³ But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.

⁴ Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds¹— His name is the LORD— and rejoice before Him.

1. Or rides through the deserts

⁵ A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in His holy habitation.

⁶ God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

⁷ O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah

⁸ the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

⁹ You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.

¹⁰ Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.

¹¹ The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:

¹² “Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.

¹³ Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, the wings of the dove are covered with silver, and her feathers with shimmering gold.”

¹⁴ When the Almighty¹ scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.

1. Hebrew Shaddai

¹⁵ A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.

¹⁶ Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.

¹⁷ The chariots of God are tens of thousands— thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.¹

1. Or the Lord has come from Sinai in His holiness

¹⁸ You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men,¹ even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.

1. Cited in Ephesians 4:8

¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah

²⁰ Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.

²¹ Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.

²² The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,

²³ that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes— the tongues of your dogs in the same.”

²⁴ They have seen Your procession, O God— the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.

²⁵ The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.

²⁶ Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.

²⁷ There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.

²⁸ Summon Your power, O God;¹ show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.

1. LXX and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Your God has summoned your power

²⁹ Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.

³⁰ Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.

³¹ Envoys will arrive from Egypt; Cush¹ will stretch out her hands to God.

1. That is, the upper Nile region

³² Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord— Selah

³³ to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.

³⁴ Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.

³⁵ O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!