⁴ Sing to God! Sing praises to his name.
Exalt him who rides on the clouds^[a]—
his name is the Lord^[b]—and celebrate before him.^(D)
5 God in his holy dwelling is
a father of the fatherless
and a champion of widows.^(E)
6 God provides homes for those who are deserted.
He leads out the prisoners to prosperity,^[c]
but the rebellious live in a scorched land.^(F)

⁷ God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the desert,Selah
⁸ the earth trembled and the skies poured rain
before God, the God of Sinai,^[d]
before God, the God of Israel.^(G)
9 You, God, showered abundant rain;
you revived your inheritance when it languished.^(H)
10 Your people settled in it;
God, you provided for the poor by your goodness.^(I)

¹¹ The Lord gave the command;
a great company of women brought the good news:^(J)
12 “The kings of the armies flee—they flee!”
She who stays at home divides the spoil.^(K)
13 While^[e] you lie among the sheep pens,^[f]
the wings of a dove are covered with silver,
and its feathers with glistening gold.^(L)
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in the land,
it snowed on Zalmon.^[g](M)

¹⁵ Mount Bashan is God’s towering mountain;
Mount Bashan is a mountain of many peaks.^(N)
16 Why gaze with envy, you mountain peaks,
at the mountain God desired for his abode?
The Lord will dwell there forever!^(O)
17 God’s chariots are tens of thousands,
thousands and thousands;^(P)
the Lord is among them in the sanctuary^[h]
as he was at Sinai.^(Q)
18 You ascended to the heights, taking away captives;
you received gifts from^[i] people,
even from the rebellious,
so that the Lord God might dwell there.^[j](R)

¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord!
Day after day he bears our burdens;
God is our salvation.^(S)Selah
²⁰ Our God is a God of salvation,
and escape from death belongs to the Lord my Lord.^(T)
21 Surely God crushes the heads of his enemies,
the hairy brow of one who goes on in his guilty acts.^(U)
22 The Lord said, “I will bring them back from Bashan;
I will bring them back from the depths of the sea^(V)
23 so that your foot may wade^[k] in blood
and your dogs’ tongues may have their share
from the enemies.”^(W)
24 People have seen your procession, God,
the procession of my God,
my King, in the sanctuary.^(X)
25 Singers lead the way,
with musicians following;
among them are young women
playing tambourines.^(Y)
26 Bless God in the assemblies;
bless the Lord from the fountain of Israel.^(Z)
27 There is Benjamin, the youngest, leading them,
the rulers of Judah in their assembly,^[l]
the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.^(AA)

²⁸ Your God has decreed your strength.
Show your strength, God,
you who have acted on our behalf.^(AB)
29 Because of your temple at Jerusalem,
kings will bring tribute to you.^(AC)
30 Rebuke the beast in the reeds,
the herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples.^(AD)
Trample underfoot those with bars of silver.^[m]
Scatter the peoples who take pleasure in war.^(AE)
31 Ambassadors will come^[n] from Egypt;
Cush will stretch out its hands to God.^(AF)

³² Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth;
sing praise to the Lord,^(AG)Selah
³³ to him who rides in the ancient, highest heavens.^(AH)
Look, he thunders with his powerful voice!^(AI)
34 Ascribe power to God.
His majesty is over Israel;
his power is among the clouds.^(AJ)
35 God, you are awe-inspiring in your sanctuaries.
The God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.
Blessed be God!^(AK)

¹⁶ Take his garment,
for he has put up security for a stranger;
get collateral if it is for foreigners.^(A)

¹⁷ Food gained by fraud is sweet to a person,^(B)
but afterward his mouth is full of gravel.^(C)

⁸ Bring out a people who are blind, yet have eyes,^(O)
and are deaf, yet have ears.
⁹ All the nations are gathered together,
and the peoples are assembled.^(P)
Who among them can declare this,^(Q)
and tell us the former things?
Let them present their witnesses
to vindicate themselves,
so that people may hear and say, “It is true.”
¹⁰ “You are my witnesses”^(R)—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and my servant whom I have chosen,^(S)
so that you may know and believe me
and understand that I am he.^(T)
No god was formed before me,
and there will be none after me.^(U)
11 I—I am the Lord.
Besides me, there is no Savior.^(V)
12 I alone declared, saved, and proclaimed—
and not some foreign god^[a] among you.
So you are my witnesses”—
this is the Lord’s declaration—
“and^[b] I am God.^(W)
13 Also, from today on I am he alone,
and none can rescue from my power.^(X)
I act, and who can reverse it?” ^(Y)

¹⁶ This is what the Lord says—
who makes a way in the sea,
and a path through raging water,^(AC)
17 who brings out the chariot and horse,^(AD)
the army and the mighty one together
(they lie down, they do not rise again;
they are extinguished, put out like a wick^(AE))—
¹⁸ “Do not remember the past events;
pay no attention to things of old.^(AF)
19 Look, I am about to do something new;^(AG)
even now it is coming. Do you not see it?
Indeed, I will make a way in the wilderness,^(AH)
rivers^[f] in the desert.
²⁰ Wild animals—
jackals and ostriches—will honor me,
because I provide water in the wilderness,
and rivers in the desert,^(AI)
to give drink to my chosen people.
²¹ The people I formed for myself
will declare my praise.^(AJ)

²² “But, Jacob, you have not called on me,
because, Israel, you have become weary of me.^(AK)
23 You have not brought me your sheep for burnt offerings
or honored me with your sacrifices.^(AL)
I have not burdened you with offerings
or wearied you with incense.^[g]
24 You have not bought me aromatic cane with silver,
or satisfied me with the fat of your sacrifices.
But you have burdened me with your sins;
you have wearied me^(AM) with your iniquities.^(AN)

²⁵ “I am the one,I sweep away your transgressions^(AO)
for my own sake^(AP)
and remember your sins no more.^(AQ)
26 Remind me. Let’s argue the case together.^(AR)
Recount the facts, so that you may be vindicated.
²⁷ Your first father sinned,^(AS)
and your mediators have rebelled against me.^(AT)
28 So I defiled the officers of the sanctuary,
and set Jacob apart for destruction^(AU)
and Israel for scorn.