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¹⁰A bounteous rain didst Thou pour down, O God;

When Thine inheritance was weary, Thou didst confirm it.

¹¹Thy flock settled therein;

Thou didst prepare in Thy goodness for the poor, O God.

 

¹²The Lord giveth the word;

The women that proclaim the tidings are a great host.

¹³Kings of armies flee, they flee;

And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.

¹⁴When ye lie among the sheepfolds,

The wings of the dove are covered with silver,

And her pinions with the shimmer of gold. ¹⁵When the Almighty scattereth kings therein,

It snoweth in Zalmon.

 

¹⁶A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;

A mountain of peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

¹⁷Why look ye askance, ye mountains of peaks,

At the mountain which God hath desired for His abode?

Yea, the Lord will dwell therein for ever.

¹⁸The chariots of God are myriads, even thousands upon thousands;

The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in holiness.

¹⁹Thou hast ascended on high, Thou hast led captivity captive;

Thou hast received gifts among men,

Yea, among the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell there.

²⁰Blessed be the Lord, day by day He beareth our burden,

Even the God who is our salvation. Selah

²¹God is unto us a God of deliverances;

And unto God the Lord belong the issues of death.

²²Surely God will smite through the head of His enemies,

The hairy scalp of him that goeth about in his guiltiness.

²³The Lord said: 'I will bring back from Bashan,

I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

²⁴That thy foot may wade through blood,

That the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from thine enemies.'

 

²⁵They see Thy goings, O God,

Even the goings of my God, my King, in holiness.

²⁶The singers go before, the minstrels follow after,

In the midst of damsels playing upon timbrels.

²⁷'Bless ye God in full assemblies,

Even the Lord, ye that are from the fountain of Israel.'

²⁸There is Benjamin, the youngest, ruling them,

The princes of Judah their council,

The princes of Zebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

²⁹Thy God hath commanded thy strength;

Be strong, O God, Thou that hast wrought for us

³⁰Out of Thy temple at Jerusalem,

Whither kings shall bring presents unto Thee.

³¹Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds,

The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples,

Every one submitting himself with pieces of silver;

He hath scattered the peoples that delight in war!

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