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11The Lord gave the word; *
great was the company of women who bore the tidings:

12“Kings with their armies are fleeing away; *
the women at home are dividing the spoils.”

13Though you lingered among the sheepfolds, *
you shall be like a dove whose wings are covered with silver,
whose feathers are like green gold.

14When the Almighty scattered kings, *
it was like snow falling in Zalmon.

15O mighty mountain, O hill of Bashan! *
O rugged mountain, O hill of Bashan!

16Why do you look with envy, O rugged mountain,
at the hill which God chose for his resting place? *
truly, the Lord will dwell there for ever.

17The chariots of God are twenty thousand,
even thousands of thousands; *
the Lord comes in holiness from Sinai.

18You have gone up on high and led captivity captive;
you have received gifts even from your enemies, *
that the Lord God might dwell among them.

19Blessed be the Lord day by day, *
the God of our salvation, who bears our burdens.

20He is our God, the God of our salvation; *
God is the Lord, by whom we escape death.

21God shall crush the heads of his enemies, *
and the hairy scalp of those who go on still in their wickedness.

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