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A ^(j)father of the fatherless and a ^(k)judge ^[f]for the widows, Is God in His ^(l)holy habitation.

God ^[g](m)makes a home for the lonely; He ⁽ⁿ⁾leads out the prisoners into prosperity, Only ^(o)the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

O God, when You ^(p)went forth before Your people, When You ^(q)marched through the wilderness, ^[h]Selah.

The ^(r)earth quaked; The ^(s)heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God; ^[i](t)Sinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

You ^(u)shed abroad a plentiful rain, O God; You confirmed Your inheritance when it was ^[j]parched.

Your creatures settled in it; You ^(v)provided in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

The Lord gives the ^[k]command; The ^(w)women who proclaim the good tidings are a great host:

"^(x)Kings of armies flee, they flee, And she who remains at home will ^(y)divide the spoil!"

^[l]When you lie down ^(z)among the ^[m]sheepfolds, You are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, And its pinions with glistening gold.

When the Almighty ^(aa)scattered the kings ^[n]there, It was snowing in ^(ab)Zalmon.

A ^[o](ac)mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks, At the mountain which God has ^(ad)desired for His abode? Surely ^(ae)the Lord will dwell there forever.

The ^(af)chariots of God are ^[p]myriads, ^(ag)thousands upon thousands; ^[q]The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

You have ^(ah)ascended on high, You have ^(ai)led captive Your captives; You have received gifts among men, Even among the rebellious also, that ^[r]the Lord God may dwell there.

Blessed be the Lord, who daily ^(aj)bears our burden, ^(ak)The God who is our salvation. Selah.

God is to us a ^(al)God of deliverances; And ^(am)to ^[s] God the Lord belong escapes ^[t]from death.

Surely God will ^(an)shatter the head of His enemies, The hairy crown of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.

The Lord ^[u]said, "^(ao)I will bring them back from Bashan. I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

That ^[v](ap)your foot may shatter them in blood, The tongue of your ^(aq)dogs may have its portion from your enemies."

They have seen ^(ar)Your ^[w]procession, O God, The ^[x]procession of my God, my King, ^[y](as)into the sanctuary.

The ^(at)singers went on, the musicians after them, ^[z]In the midst of the ^(au)maidens beating tambourines.

^(av)Bless God in the congregations, Even the Lord , you who are of the ^(aw)fountain of Israel.

There is ^(ax)Benjamin, the ^[aa]youngest, ^[ab]ruling them, The princes of Judah in their throng, The princes of ^(ay)Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

^[ac]Your God has ^(az)commanded your strength; Show Yourself strong, O God, ^(ba)who have acted ^[ad]on our behalf.

^[ae]Because of Your temple at Jerusalem ^(bb)Kings will bring gifts to You.

Rebuke the ^(bc)beasts ^[af]in the reeds, The herd of ^(bd)bulls with the calves of the peoples, Trampling under foot the pieces of silver; He has ^(be)scattered the peoples who delight in war.

Envoys will come out of ^(bf)Egypt; ^[ag](bg)Ethiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

Sing to God, O ^(bh)kingdoms of the earth, ^(bi)Sing praises to the Lord, Selah.

To Him who ^(bj)rides upon the ^[ah](bk)highest heavens, which are from ancient times; Behold, ^(bl)He ^[ai]speaks forth with His voice, a ^(bm)mighty voice.

^(bn)Ascribe strength to God; His majesty is over Israel And ^(bo)His strength is in the ^[aj]skies.

^[ak]O God, You are ^(bp)awesome from Your ^[al]sanctuary. The God of Israel Himself ^(bq)gives strength and power to the people. ^(br)Blessed be God!

For the choir director; according to ^[a]Shoshannim. A Psalm of David.

Save me, O God, For the ^(a)waters have ^[b]threatened my life.

I have sunk in deep ^(b)mire, and there is no foothold; I have come into deep waters, and a ^[c](c)flood overflows me.

I am ^(d)weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My ^(e)eyes fail while I wait for my God.

Those ^(f)who hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; Those who would ^[d]destroy me ^(g)are powerful, being wrongfully my enemies; ^(h)What I did not steal, I then have to restore.