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\d A psalm written by David for the choir director.
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\q1
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\v 1 God, arise and scatter your enemies,
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\q1 and cause those who hate you to run away from you.
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\v 2 As wind blows smoke away,
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\q2 you chase your enemies away.
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\q1 As wax melts when it is near a fire,
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\q2 may you cause wicked people to disappear.
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\v 3 But may the righteous people be joyful;
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\q2 may they rejoice when they are in God's presence;
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\q2 may they be happy and very joyful.
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\v 4 Sing to God; sing to praise him;
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\q1 sing a song for him who rides in the desert plains;
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\q1 his name is Yahweh; be glad when you are in his presence.
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\v 5 God, who lives in his sacred temple, is like a father to those who are orphans,
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\q2 and he is the one who protects widows.
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\v 6 He provides families for those who have no one to live with.
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\q1 He frees prisoners and enables them to be successful,
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\q2 but those who rebel against him will be forced to live in a very hot and dry land.
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\v 7 God, you led your people out of Egypt,
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\q2 and then you marched with them through the desert.
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\v 8 After you did that,
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\q1 the earth shook at Mount Sinai when you appeared to your people,
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\q2 and rain poured down from the sky, and your people worshiped you.
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\v 9 You caused plenty of rain to fall there in the wilderness,
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\q2 and so you enabled good crops to grow again on that land that you gave to us Israelites.
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\v 10 Your people built homes there;
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\q2 because you were good to them, you provided food for those who were poor.
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\v 11 The Lord spoke this message,
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\q2 and many people took his message to other places.
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\v 12-13 They proclaimed, "Many kings and their armies are running away from our army!"
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\q2 When our army brought back to their homes the things that they captured,
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\q1 the women who were at home divided up those things among themselves and among their families.
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\q2 They got statues of pigeons whose wings were covered with silver
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\q2 and whose feathers were covered with pure yellow gold.
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But some of the people stayed with the sheep and did not go to fight in the battle. Why did you not go?
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\v 14 When Almighty God scattered the enemy kings and their armies,
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\q2 it reminded me of a snowstorm on Mount Zalmon!
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\v 15 There is a very high mountain in the Bashan hills,
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\q1 a mountain that has many peaks.
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\v 16 But the people who live near that mountain should not envy those who live near Mount Zion,
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\q2 the mountain on which God chose to live!
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\q1 Yahweh will live there forever!
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\v 17 After we defeated all our enemies,
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\q1 it was as though the Lord, surrounded by many thousands of strong chariots, descended from Mount Sinai
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\q1 and came into the sacred temple in Jerusalem.
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\v 18 He ascended the sacred mountain where his temple is
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\q1 and took with him many people who had been captured in battles;
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\q2 he received gifts from the enemies whom he had defeated.
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\q1 He received gifts even from those who had rebelled against him,
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\q2 and Yahweh, our God, will live there in his sacred temple forever.
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\v 19 Praise the Lord, who helps us carry our heavy loads every day;
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\q1 he is the one who saves us.
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\v 20 Our God is the God who saves us;
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\q2 He is Yahweh, our Lord, the one who allows us to escape from dying in battles.
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\v 21 But God will smash the heads of his enemies,
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\q2 the long-haired skulls of those who continue to behave sinfully.
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\v 22 The Lord said, "I will bring back the corpses of my enemies who were killed in Bashan,
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\q1 and I will bring back those who sank deep in the ocean and drowned.
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\v 23 I will do that so that you may wash your feet in their blood,
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\q2 and your dogs can also lap up some of your enemies' blood."
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\v 24 God, many people see you march triumphantly into your sacred temple,
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\q2 celebrating that you have defeated your enemies.
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\q2 You march like a king does, and a large crowd walks with you.
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\v 25 The singers are in front, and the people who play stringed instruments are at the rear,
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\q2 and young women who are beating their tambourines are between them.
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\v 26 They are all singing, "You Israelite people, praise God when you gather together;
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\q2 praise Yahweh, all you who are descendants of Jacob!"
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\v 27 First come the people of the tribe of Benjamin, the smallest tribe,
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\q2 and following them come the leaders of the tribe of Judah and their group,
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\q1 and following them come the leaders of the tribes of Zebulun and Naphtali.
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\v 28 You people of Israel, God made our tribes very strong.
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\q2 God, help us with your power as you helped us in the past.
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\v 29 Show us that you are strong, there where you are in your temple in Jerusalem;
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\q2 kings bring gifts to you there.
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\v 30 Shout as you defeat your enemies, such as those in Egypt, who are like wild animals living in the reeds.
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\q1 Shout as you defeat the powerful nations, who are like herds of bulls.
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\q1 Shame them; make them bow down and give you gifts.
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\q2 Drive away and scatter the people groups who love to attack other nations.
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\v 31 Then the leaders of Egypt will bring gifts to you.
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\q2 then the people in Ethiopia will rush to lift up their hands to praise you.
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\v 32 You people who are citizens of kingdoms all over the world, sing to God!
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\q1 Sing praises to Yahweh!
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\v 33 Sing to the God, the one who rides in the sky,
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\q2 the sky that he created long ago.
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\q1 Listen as he shouts with a very powerful voice.
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\v 34 Proclaim that God is very powerful;
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\q2 he is the king that rules over Israel,
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\q2 and in the skies he also shows that he is powerful.
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\v 35 God is awesome as he comes out of his sacred temple;
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\q2 he is the God whom we Israelite people worship.
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\q1 He gives power and strength to his people.
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\q1 Praise God!
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