- Let God arise, and then his foes will
- turn themselves to flight:
- His enemies then will run abroad,
- and scatter out of sight.
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- 2 And as the fire doth melt and wax,
- and wind blows smoke away:
- So in the presence of the Lord,
- the wicked shall decay.
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- 3 But righteous men before the Lord,
- shall heartily rejoice:
- They shall be glad, and merry all,
- and cheerful in their voice.
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- 4 Sing praise, sing praise unto the Lord,
- who rideth on the sky:
- Extol the name of Jah our God,
- and him do magnify.
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- 5 The same is he that is above
- within his holy place:
- That father is of fatherless,
- and judge of widow’s case.
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- 6 Houses he gives, and issue both,
- unto the comfortless:
- He bringeth bound men out of thrall:
- and rebels to distress.
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- 7 When thou didest march before thy folk,
- the Egyptians from among:
- And brought’st them through the wilderness,
- which was both wide and long.
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- 8 The earth did quake, the rain poured down,
- heard were great claps of thunder:
- The mount Sinai shook in such sort,
- as it would cleave in sunder.
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- 9 Thine heritage with drops of rain
- abundantly was washed:
- And if so be it barren waxed,
- by thee it was refreshed.
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- 10 Thy chosen flock doth there remain,
- thou hast prepared that place:
- And for the poor thou dost provide
- of thine especial grace.