1. GOD IS [already] beginning to arise, and His enemies to scatter; let them also who hate Him flee before Him!
2. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; as wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish before the presence of God.
3. But let the [uncompromisingly] righteous be glad; let them be in high spirits and glory before God, yes, let them [jubilantly] rejoice!
4. Sing to God, sing praises to His name, cast up a highway for Him Who rides through the deserts–His name is the Lord–be in high spirits and glory before Him!
5. A father of the fatherless and a judge and protector of the widows is God in His holy habitation.
6. God places the solitary in families and gives the desolate a home in which to dwell; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity; but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7. O God, when You went forth before Your people, when You marched through the wilderness–Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!–
8. The earth trembled, the heavens also poured down [rain] at the presence of God; yonder Sinai quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9. You, O God, did send a plentiful rain; You did restore and confirm Your heritage when it languished and was weary.
10. Your flock found a dwelling place in it; You, O God, in Your goodness did provide for the poor and needy.