1. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, a Song. Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered; let them also that hate him flee before him.
2. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3. But let the righteous be glad; let them exult before God: yea, let them rejoice with gladness.
4. Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: cast up a highway for him that rideth through the deserts; his name is JAH; and exult ye before him.
5. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
6. God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out the prisoners into prosperity: but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.
7. O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou didst march through the wilderness; Selah
8. The earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God: even yon Sinai trembled at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9. Thou, O God, didst send a plentiful rain, thou didst confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.
10. Thy congregation dwelt therein: thou, O God, didst prepare of thy goodness for the poor.
11. The Lord giveth the word: the women that publish the tidings are a great host.
12. Kings of armies flee, they flee: and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
13. Will ye lie among the sheepfolds, as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold?
14. When the Almighty scattered kings therein, it was as when it snoweth in Zalmon.