1 | Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself. |
2 | May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face. |
3 | Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God. |
4 | And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness. |
5 | Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face, |
6 | the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place. |
7 | It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers. |
8 | O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert, |
9 | the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of Israel. |
10 | You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect. |
11 | Your animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor. |
12 | The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue. |
13 | The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoils. |
14 | If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold. |
15 | When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon. |
16 | The mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountain. |
17 | So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the end. |
18 | The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place. |
19 | You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God. |
20 | Blessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us. |
21 | Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death. |
22 | So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses. |
23 | The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea, |
24 | so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same. |
25 | O God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place. |
26 | The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrels. |
27 | In the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of Israel. |
28 | In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali. |
29 | Command by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us. |
30 | Before your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to you. |
31 | Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars. |
32 | Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God. |
33 | Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to God. |
34 | He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue. |
35 | Give glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds. |
36 | God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. Blessed is God. |