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PSALMS
- 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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