1 ARST God, arise and scatter your enemies, and cause those who hate you to run away from you. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. God arises. His enemies are scattered, and those who hate Him flee His presence.
2 ARST As wind blows smoke away, you chase your enemies away. As wax melts when it is near a fire, may you cause wicked people to disappear. BSB BSB: As smoke is blown away, You will drive them out; as wax melts before the fire, the wicked will perish in the presence of God.
3 ARST But may the righteous people be joyful; may they rejoice when they are in God’ s presence; may they be happy and very joyful. BSB BSB: But the righteous will be glad and rejoice before God; they will celebrate with joy.
4 ARST Sing to God; sing to praise him; sing a song for him who rides in the desert plains; his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence. BSB BSB: Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds—His name is the LORD—and rejoice before Him.
5 ARST God, who lives in his sacred temple, is like a father to those who are orphans, and he is the one who protects widows. BSB BSB: A father of the fatherless and a defender of widows is God in His holy habitation.
6 ARST He provides families for those who have no one to live with. He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful, but those who rebel against him will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land. BSB BSB: God settles the lonely in families; He leads the prisoners out to prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
7 ARST God, you led your people out of Egypt, and then you marched with them through the desert. BSB BSB: O God, when You went out before Your people, when You marched through the wasteland, Selah
8 ARST After you did that, the earth shook at Mount Sinai when you appeared to your people, and rain poured down from the sky, and your people worshiped you. BSB BSB: the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain before God, the One on Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.
9 ARST You caused plenty of rain to fall there in the wilderness, and so you enabled good crops to grow again on that land that you gave to us Israelites. BSB BSB: You sent abundant rain, O God; You refreshed Your weary inheritance.
10 ARST Your people built homes there; because you were good to them, you provided food for those who were poor. BSB BSB: Your flock settled therein; O God, from Your bounty You provided for the poor.
11 ARST The Lord spoke this message, and many people took his message to other places. BSB BSB: The Lord gives the command; a great company of women proclaim it:
12 ARST They proclaimed,“Many kings and their armies are running away from our army!” When our army brought back to their homes the things that they captured, the women who were at home divided up those things among themselves and among their families. They got statues of pigeons whose wings were covered with silver and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold. But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the battle. Why did you not go? BSB BSB: “Kings and their armies flee in haste; she who waits at home divides the plunder.
14 ARST When Almighty God scattered the enemy kings and their armies, it reminded me of a snowstorm on Mount Zalmon! BSB BSB: When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, it was like the snow falling on Zalmon.
15 ARST There is a very high mountain in the Bashan hills, a mountain that has many peaks. BSB BSB: A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; a mountain of many peaks is Mount Bashan.
16 ARST But the people who live near that mountain should not envy those who live near Mount Zion, the mountain on which God chose to live! Yahweh will live there forever! BSB BSB: Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? This is the mountain God chose for His dwelling, where the LORD will surely dwell forever.
17 ARST After we defeated all our enemies, it was as though the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Mount Sinai and came into the sacred temple in Jerusalem. BSB BSB: The chariots of God are tens of thousands—thousands of thousands are they; the Lord is in His sanctuary as He was at Sinai.
18 ARST He ascended the sacred mountain where his temple is and took with him many people who had been captured in battles; he received gifts from the enemies whom he had defeated. He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him, and Yahweh, our God, will live there in his sacred temple forever. BSB BSB: You have ascended on high; You have led captives away. You have received gifts from men, even from the rebellious, that the LORD God may dwell there.
19 ARST Praise the Lord, who helps us carry our heavy loads every day; he is the one who saves us. BSB BSB: Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burden, the God of our salvation. Selah
20 ARST Our God is the God who saves us; He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who allows us to escape from dying in battles. BSB BSB: Our God is a God of deliverance; the Lord GOD is our rescuer from death.
21 ARST But God will smash the heads of his enemies, the long- haired skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully. BSB BSB: Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, the hairy crowns of those who persist in guilty ways.
22 ARST The Lord said,“I will bring back the corpses of my enemies who were killed in Bashan, and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean and drowned. BSB BSB: The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,
23 ARST I will do that so that you may wash your feet in their blood, and your dogs can also lap up some of your enemies’ blood.” BSB BSB: that your foot may be dipped in the blood of your foes—the tongues of your dogs in the same.”
24 ARST God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple, celebrating that you have defeated your enemies. You march like a king does, and a large crowd walks with you. BSB BSB: They have seen Your procession, O God—the march of my God and King into the sanctuary.
25 ARST The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear, and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them. BSB BSB: The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
26 ARST They are all singing,“You Israelite people, praise God when you gather together; praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!” BSB BSB: Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.
27 ARST First come the people of the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe, and following them come the leaders of the tribe of Judah and their group, and following them come the leaders of the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali. BSB BSB: There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, the princes of Judah in their company, the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.
28 ARST You people of Israel, God made our tribes very strong. God, help us with your power as you helped us in the past. BSB BSB: Summon Your power, O God; show Your strength, O God, which You have exerted on our behalf.
29 ARST Show us that you are strong, there where you are in your temple in Jerusalem; kings bring gifts to you there. BSB BSB: Because of Your temple at Jerusalem kings will bring You gifts.
30 ARST Shout as you defeat your enemies, such as those in Egypt, who are like wild animals living in the reeds. Shout as you defeat the powerful nations, who are like herds of bulls. Shame them; make them bow down and give you gifts. Drive away and scatter the people groups who love to attack other nations. BSB BSB: Rebuke the beast in the reeds, the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations, until it submits, bringing bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
32 ARST You people who are citizens of kingdoms all over the world, sing to God! Sing praises to Yahweh! BSB BSB: Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; sing praises to the Lord—Selah
33 ARST Sing to the God, the one who rides in the sky, the sky that he created long ago. Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice. BSB BSB: to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
34 ARST Proclaim that God is very powerful; he is the king that rules over Israel, and in the skies he also shows that he is powerful. BSB BSB: Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.
35 ARST God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple; he is the God whom we Israelite people worship. He gives power and strength to his people. Praise God! BSB BSB: O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary; the God of Israel Himself gives strength and power to His people. Blessed be God!
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