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O God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness, Selah

the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain, before God, the One of Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

Rain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad; you restored your inheritance as it languished;

your flock found a dwelling in it; in your goodness, O God, you provided for the needy.

O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan; O many-peaked mountain, mountain of Bashan!

Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain, at the mount that God desired for his abode, yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?

The chariots of God are twice ten thousand, thousands upon thousands; the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

You ascended on high, leading a host of captives in your train and receiving gifts among men, even among the rebellious, that the Lord God may dwell there.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears us up; God is our salvation. Selah

Our God is a God of salvation, and to God , the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

But God will strike the heads of his enemies, the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

Your procession is seen, O God, the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—

"Bless God in the great congregation, the Lord , O you who are of Israel's fountain!"

Summon your power, O God, the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

Nobles shall come from Egypt; Cush shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

O kingdoms of the earth, sing to God; sing praises to the Lord, Selah

Ascribe power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, and whose power is in the skies.

Awesome is God from his sanctuary; the God of Israel—he is the one who gives power and strength to his people. Blessed be God!

To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. Of David. Save me, O God! For the waters have come up to my neck.

I am weary with my crying out; my throat is parched. My eyes grow dim with waiting for my God.