2. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away; As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish before God.
3. But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God; Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
4. Sing to God, sing praises to His name; Lift up a song for Him who rides through the deserts, Whose name is the Lord, and exult before Him.
5. A father of the fatherless and a judge for the widows, Is God in His holy habitation.
6. God makes a home for the lonely; He leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7. O God, when You went forth before Your people, When You marched through the wilderness, Selah.
8. The earth quaked; The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9. You shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was parched.
10. Your creatures settled in it; You provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.
11. The Lord gives the command; The women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host:
12. "Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home will divide the spoil!"
13. When you lie down among the sheepfolds, You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.
14. When the Almighty scattered the kings there, It was snowing in Zalmon.
15. A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.
16. Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, At the mountain which God has desired for His abode? Surely the Lord will dwell there forever.