men to be of one mind in an house, and
bringeth the prisoners out of captivity: but letteth the runagates
continue in scarceness.
7 O God, when thou wentest forth before the people: when thou
wentest through the wilderness;
8 The earth shook, and the heavens dropped at the presence of God:
even as Sinai also was moved at the presence of God, who is the God
of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, sentest a gracious rain upon thine inheritance: and
refreshedst it when it was weary.
10 Thy congregation shall dwell therein: for thou, O God, hast of
thy goodness prepared for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word: great was the company of the preachers.
12 Kings with their armies did flee, and were discomfited: and
they of the household divided the spoil.
13 Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings
of a dove: that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like
gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings for their sake: then were they
as white as snow in Salmon.
15 As the hill of Basan, so is God's hill: even an high hill, as
the hill of Basan.
16 Why hop ye so, ye high hills? this is God's hill, in the which
it pleaseth him to dwell: yea, the Lord will abide in it for ever.
17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of
angels: and the Lord is among them, as in the holy place of Sinai.
18 Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, and
received gifts for men: yea, even for thine enemies, that the Lord
God might dwell among them.
19 Praised be the Lord daily: even the God who helpeth us, and
poureth his benefits upon us.
20 He is our God, even the God of whom cometh salvation: God is
the Lord, by whom we escape death.
21 God shall wound the head of his enemies: and the hairy scalp of
such a one as goeth on still in his wickedness.
22 The Lord hath said, I will bring my people again, as I did from
Basan: mine own will I bring again, as I did sometime from the deep
of the sea.
23 That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thine enemies: and
that the tongue of thy dogs may be red through the same.
24 It is well seen, O God, how thou goest: how thou, my God and
King, goest in the sanctuary.
25 The singers go before, the minstrels follow after: in the midst
are the damsels playing with the timbrels.
26 Give thanks, O Israel, unto God the Lord in the congregations:
from the ground of the heart.
27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, and
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