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.
17. The chariots of God are myriads, thousands upon thousands; The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.