¹For the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. A song. ²As smoke is blown away, ³But the righteous will be glad ⁴Sing to God! ⁵A father of the fatherless ⁶God settles the lonely in families; ⁷O God, when You went out before Your people, ⁸the earth shook and the heavens poured down rain ⁹You sent abundant rain, O God; ¹⁰Your flock settled therein; ¹¹The Lord gives the command; ¹²“Kings and their armies flee in haste; ¹³Though you lie down among the sheepfolds, ¹⁴When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land, ¹⁵A mountain of God is Mount Bashan; ¹⁶Why do you gaze in envy, O mountains of many peaks? ¹⁷The chariots of God are tens of thousands — ¹⁸You have ascended on high; ¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, ²⁰Our God is a God of deliverance; ²¹Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies, ²²The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, ²³that your foot may be dipped ²⁴They have seen Your procession, O God — ²⁵The singers lead the way, ²⁶Bless God in the great congregation; ²⁷There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them, ²⁸Summon Your power, O God; ²⁹Because of Your temple at Jerusalem ³⁰Rebuke the beast in the reeds, ³¹Envoys will arrive from Egypt; ³²Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth; ³³to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; ³⁴Ascribe the power to God, ³⁵O God, You are awesome in Your sanctuary;