5. Sing to God, praise his name;exalt the rider of the clouds.Rejoice before himwhose name is the Lord.
6. Father of the fatherless, defender of widows—God in his holy abode,
7. God gives a home to the forsaken,who leads prisoners out to prosperity,while rebels live in the desert.
8. God, when you went forth before your people,when you marched through the desert,Selah
9. The earth quaked, the heavens poured,before God, the One of Sinai,before God, the God of Israel.
10. You poured abundant rains, God,your inheritance was weak and you repaired it.
11. Your creatures dwelt in it;you will establish it in your goodness for the poor, O God.
12. The Lord announced:“Those bringing news are a great Army.
13. The kings of the armies are in desperate flight.Every household will share the spoil,
14. though you lie down among the sheepfolds,you shall be covered with silver as the wings of a dove,her feathers bright as fine gold.”
15. When the Almighty routs the kings there,it will be as when snow fell on Zalmon.
16. You mountain of God, mountain of Bashan,you rugged mountain, mountain of Bashan,