1   Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle, for David himself.

2   Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that hate him flee from before his face.

3   As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away; as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

4   And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness.

5   Sing ye to God, sing a psalm to his name; make a way for him ^note who ascendeth upon the west: The Lord is his name.
Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence,

6   who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows.

God in his holy place:

7   God who maketh men ^note of one manner to dwell in a house.
Who bringeth out ^note them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.

8   O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people; when thou didst pass through the desart,

9   The earth was moved, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sinai, at the presence of the God of Israel.

10   Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance ^note a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect:

11    ^noteIn it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.

12   The Lord shall give the word ^note to them that preach good tidings with great power.

13    ^noteThe king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.

14    ^noteIf you sleep amongst the midst of lots; you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.

15   When he that is in heaven appointeth ^note kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon.

16    ^noteThe mountain of God is a fat mountain.
A curdled mountain, a fat mountain.

17    ^noteWhy suspect ye curdled mountains?
A mountain in which God

is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto the end.

18    ^noteThe chariot of God is attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, in the holy place.

19   Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast ^note led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men.
Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God.

20   Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.

21   Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are ^note the issues from death.

22   But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins.

23   The Lord said: ^note I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea.

24   That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.

25   They have seen ^note thy goings, O God: the goings of my God, of my king who is in his sanctuary.

26    ^notePrinces went before joined with singers, in the

midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.

27   In the churches bless ye God, the Lord ^note from the fountains of Israel.

28   There is Benjamin a youth, in extasy of mind.
The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.

29    ^noteCommand thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.

30   From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.

31    ^noteRebuke the wild beasts of the reeds; the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver.
Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:

32    ^noteEmbassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.
Sing to God,

33   ye kingdoms of the earth; sing ye to the Lord.

34   Sing ye to God, who mounteth above the heaven of heavens ^note to the east.
Behold he will give to his voice ^note the voice of power.

35   Give ye glory to God for Israel: his magnificence and his power is in the clouds.

36   God is wonderful in his saints: the God of Israel is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.

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