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May God arise, may His enemies be scattered
May His foes flee before His face
May You blow them away like smoke—
As wax melts before the fire aggressive

May the wicked perish before God
But may the righteous be glad
And rejoice before God
May they be happy and joyful and not be sad

Sing to God, sing in praise of His name
Extol Him who rides on the clouds
Rejoice before Him—His name is the Lord
He is master in heavens and in grounds

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows
Is God in His holy dwelling
God sets the lonely in families
He leads out the prisoners with singing
But the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land
That’s what God said

When You, God, went out before Your people
When You marched through the wilderness
The earth shook, the heavens poured down rain
Before God, the One of Sinai,
Before God, the God of Israel
Before God, the God of happiness

You gave abundant showers, O God
You refreshed Your weary inheritance, O God – the doer
Your people settled in it
And from Your bounty, God, You provided for the poor

The Lord announces the word
And the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:
“Kings and armies flee in haste
The women at home divide the plunder, the food for the strong

Even while you sleep among the sheep pens
The wings of my dove are sheathed with silver
Its feathers with shining gold
The happiness is what she delivers”

When the Almighty scattered the kings in the land
It was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon
It was like the miracle we’ve never seen
It was not like something common

Mount Bashan, majestic mountain
Mount Bashan, rugged mountain, not plain
Why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain
At the mountain where God chooses to reign
Where the Lord himself will dwell forever?
Why are you envy? May be because you’ll be chosen never?

The chariots of God are tens of thousands
And thousands of thousands
The Lord has come from Sinai into His sanctuary
To rule His brave people not the cowards

When You ascended on high
You took many captives with care
You received gifts from people even from the rebellious—
That You, Lord God, might dwell there

Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior
Who daily bears our burdens and keeps our breath
Our God is a God who saves
From the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death

Surely God will crush the heads of His enemies
The hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins
The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan
I will bring them from the depths of the sea

That your feet may wade in the blood of your foes
While the tongues of your dogs have their share”
This is what God says
And He says it with love and care

Your procession, God, has come into view
The procession of my God and King into the sanctuary
In front are the singers, after them the musicians
With them are the young women playing the timbrels they carry

Praise God in the great congregation, in the assembly of Israel
There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them
There the great throng of Judah’s princes
And there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali after them

Summon your power, God
Show us Your strength, our God, as You have done before
Because of Your temple at Jerusalem
Kings will bring You gifts, the gifts to Your door

Rebuke the beast among the reeds
The herd of bulls among the calves of the nations
Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver
Scatter the nations who delight in war, scatter the nations

Envoys will come from Egypt
Cush will submit herself to God
Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth
Sing praise to the Lord

To Him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens
Who thunders with mighty voice
Proclaim the power of God
Proclaim and rejoice

God, whose majesty is over Israel
God, whose power is in the heavens, against the evil
You, God, are awesome in Your sanctuary
The God of Israel gives power and strength to His people