1. God, get up and scatter your enemies! May all your enemies run from you.
2. May your enemies be scattered like smoke blown away by the wind. May your enemies be destroyed like wax melting in a fire.
3. But let good people be happy. Let them gather before God and enjoy themselves together.
4. Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Prepare the way for the one who rides on the clouds. His name is YAH. Worship before him with joy.
5. God, who lives in his holy palace, is a father to orphans, and he takes care of widows.
6. God provides homes for those who are lonely. He frees people from prison and makes them happy. But those who turn against him will live in the desert.
7. God, you led your people out of Egypt. You marched across the desert. Selah
8. The ground shook and rain poured from the sky when God, the God of Israel, came to Sinai.
9. God, you sent the rain to make a tired, old land strong again.
10. Your people came back to live there, and you provided good things for the poor.
11. My Lord gave the command, and many people went to tell the good news:
12. “The armies of powerful kings ran away! At home, the women divide the things brought from the battle.
13. Those who stayed home will share in the wealth— metal doves with wings covered in silver and feathers sparkling with gold.”
14. God All-Powerful scattered the kings like snow falling on Mount Zalmon.
15. Mount Bashan is a great mountain with many high peaks.
16. But, Bashan, why are you jealous of Mount Zion? That is where God has chosen to live. The Lord will live there forever.
17. With his millions of chariots, the Lord came from Sinai into the holy place.