18. When you ascended to the heights,you led a crowd of captives.You received gifts from the people,even from those who rebelled against you.Now the lord God will live among us there.
19. Praise the Lord; praise God our savior!For each day he carries us in his arms.Interlude
20. Our God is a God who saves!The Sovereign lord rescues us from death.
21. But God will smash the heads of his enemies,crushing the skulls of those who love their guilty ways.
22. The Lord says, “I will bring my enemies down from Bashan;I will bring them up from the depths of the sea.
23. You, my people, will wash your feet in their blood,and even your dogs will get their share!”
24. Your procession has come into view, O God—the procession of my God and King as he goes into the sanctuary.
25. Singers are in front, musicians behind;between them are young women playing tambourines.
26. Praise God, all you people of Israel;praise the lord, the source of Israel’s life.
27. Look, the little tribe of Benjamin leads the way.Then comes a great throng of rulers from Judahand all the rulers of Zebulun and Naphtali.
28. Summon your might, O God.Display your power, O God, as you have in the past.
29. The kings of the earth are bringing tributeto your Temple in Jerusalem.