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God, the people should praise you; all people should praise you.

God, the people should praise you; all people should praise you.

The land has given its crops. God, our God, blesses us.

God blesses us so people all over the earth will fear him.

For the director of music. A psalm of David. A song. Let God rise up and scatter his enemies; let those who hate him run away from him.

Blow them away as smoke is driven away by the wind. As wax melts before a fire, let the wicked be destroyed before God.

But those who do right should be glad and should rejoice before God; they should be happy and glad.

Sing to God; sing praises to his name. Prepare the way for him who rides through the desert, whose name is the Lord . Rejoice before him.

God is in his holy Temple. He is a father to orphans, and he defends the widows.

God gives the lonely a home. He leads prisoners out with joy, but those who turn against God will live in a dry land.

God, you led your people out when you marched through the desert. Selah

The ground shook and the sky poured down rain before God, the God of Mount Sinai, before God, the God of Israel.

God, you sent much rain; you refreshed your tired land.

Your people settled there. God, in your goodness you took care of the poor.

Why do you mountains with many peaks look with envy on the mountain that God chose for his home? The Lord will live there forever.

God comes with millions of chariots; the Lord comes from Mount Sinai to his holy place.

When you went up to the heights, you led a parade of captives. You received gifts from the people, even from those who turned against you. And the Lord God will live there.

Praise the Lord, God our Savior, who helps us every day. Selah

Our God is a God who saves us; the Lord God saves us from death.

God will crush his enemies' heads, the hairy skulls of those who continue to sin.