Jan 28, 2019
1 May God arise, may his enemies be
scattered;
may his foes flee before him.
2 May you blow them away like
smoke—
as wax melts before the fire,
may the wicked perish before
God.
3 But may the righteous be glad
and rejoice before God;
may they be happy and joyful.
4 Sing to God, sing
in praise of his name,
extol him who rides on the clouds[b];
rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
5 A father to the fatherless, a defender
of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.
6 God sets the lonely in
families,[c]
he leads out the prisoners with
singing;
but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched
land.
7 When you, God,
went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness,[d]
8 the earth shook, the heavens poured
down rain,
before God, the One of Sinai,
before God, the God of Israel.
9 You gave abundant showers, O
God;
you refreshed your weary
inheritance.
10 Your people settled in it,
and from your bounty, God, you
provided for the poor.
11 The Lord
announces the word,
and the women who proclaim it are a mighty
throng:
12 “Kings and armies flee in
haste;
the women at home divide the
plunder.
13 Even while you sleep among the sheep
pens,[e]
the wings of my dove are sheathed with
silver,
its feathers with shining gold.”
14 When the Almighty[f] scattered the
kings in the land,
it was like snow fallen on Mount
Zalmon.
15 Mount
Bashan, majestic mountain,
Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,
16 why gaze in envy, you rugged
mountain,
at the mountain where God chooses to
reign,
where the Lord himself will dwell
forever?
17 The chariots of God are tens of
thousands
and thousands of thousands;
the Lord has come from Sinai into his
sanctuary.[g]
18 When you ascended on high,
you took many captives;
you received gifts from people,
even from[h] the
rebellious—
that you,[i] Lord God,
might dwell there.
19 Praise be to
the Lord, to God our Savior,
who daily bears our burdens.