2. As smoke is driven away,You drive them away;as wax melts before the fire,so may the wicked perish before God.
3. But let the righteous be glad;let them rejoice before God;let them rejoice exceedingly.
4. Sing to God, sing praises to His name;raise a song to Him who rides through the deserts—His name is the Lord;exult before Him.
5. A father of the fatherless, and a protector of the widows,is God in His holy habitation.
6. God sets the deserted in families;He brings out prisoners into prosperity,but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.
7. O God, when You went forth before Your people,when You marched through the wasteland, Selah
8. the earth shook;the heavens also poured down rainat the presence of God; even Sinai shookat the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9. You, O God, sent plentiful rain;You established Your inheritance when it was weary.
10. Your congregation has lived in it;You, O God, by Your goodness have prepared for the poor.
11. The Lord gave the word;great was the company of women who proclaimed it: