¹⁸ When you ascended^(A) on high,^(B)
    you took many captives;^(C)
    you received gifts from people,^(D)
even from^[a] the rebellious^(E)—
    that you,^[b] Lord God, might dwell there.

¹⁹ Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,^(F)
    who daily bears our burdens.^(G)
20 Our God is a God who saves;^(H)
    from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.^(I)
21 Surely God will crush the heads^(J) of his enemies,
    the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.
²² The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;
    I will bring them from the depths of the sea,^(K)
23 that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,^(L)
    while the tongues of your dogs^(M) have their share.”

²⁴ Your procession, God, has come into view,
    the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.^(N)
25 In front are the singers,^(O) after them the musicians;^(P)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.^(Q)