1 For the Chief Musician; A Psalm of David, a song.
2 As smoke is driven away, so drive them away:
3 But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God:
4 Sing unto God, sing praises to his name:
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,
6 God setteth the solitary in families:
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people,
8 The earth trembled,
9 Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain,
10 Thy congregation dwelt therein:
11 The Lord giveth the word:
12 Kings of armies flee, they flee;
13 When ye lie among the sheepfolds,
14 When the Almighty scattered kings therein,
15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;
16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains,
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands:
18 Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led away captives;
19 Blessed be the Lord, who daily beareth our burden,
20 God is unto us a God of deliverances;
21 But God will smite through the head of his enemies,
22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan,
23 That thou mayest crush
24 They have seen thy goings, O God,
25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after,
26 Bless ye God in the congregations,
27 There is little Benjamin their ruler,
28 Thy God hath commanded thy strength:
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem
30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,
31 Princes shall come out of Egypt;
32 Sing unto God, ye kingdoms of the earth;
33 To him that rideth upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old;
34 Ascribe ye strength unto God:
35 O God,