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Sing ye to God, Make music of his Name, - Lift up (a song), to him that rideth through the waste plains, - Since Yah is his name, exult ye before him.

The father of the fatherless, And the advocate of widows, Is God, in his holy habitation.

Wherefore start ye up, ye mountains, ye peaks? The mountain God hath coveted for his habitation, Surely, Yahweh will inhabit it ever!

Yea, God himself, will smite through the head of his foes, - The hairy crown of him that is marching on in his guilty deeds.

Ambassadors come out of Egypt, The Ethiopian, eagerly stretcheth out his hands, unto God.

Unto him that rideth upon the most ancient heavens, Lo! he uttereth his voice, a voice of strength.

Ascribe ye strength unto God, - Over Israel, is his majesty, And his strength, in the skies. To be revered is God, for his sanctuary, -

For, a Hearkener to the needy, is Yahweh, And, his prisoners, hath he not despised.

Yea, the seed of his servants, shall inherit it, And, the lovers of his Name, shall settle down therein.

May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon.

Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;

From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious is their flood in his sight.

May his Name he age-abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish, - And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!

And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times ago-abiding, - And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!

Therefore must his people return thither, And, the waters of abundance, are drained by them;

God is, known in Judah, In Israel, great is his Name;

Now hath come into Salem, his pavilion, And his dwelling-place into Zion.

Hath his lovingkindness, come to a perpetual end? Hath his word failed to generation after generation?

Hath GOD, forgotten to show favour? Or hath he shut up, in anger, his compassions? Selah.

We will not withhold them from their children, To a later generation, recounting the praises of Yahweh, Even his might and his wonders which he wrought;