2 Blow them away like smoke.Melt them like wax in a fire.Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.
3 But let the godly rejoice.Let them be glad in God’s presence.Let them be filled with joy.
4 Sing praises to God and to his name!Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds.His name is the lord—rejoice in his presence!
5 Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—this is God, whose dwelling is holy.
6 God places the lonely in families;he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7 O God, when you led your people out from Egypt,when you marched through the dry wasteland,Interlude
8 the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down rainbefore you, the God of Sinai,before God, the God of Israel.