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Psalm 68:1-10

1. Arise O God and let your enemies be scattered:
   let those who hate you flee before you.
2. As smoke vanishes before the wind, and as wax melts in the fire:
   so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3. But let the righteous be glad and exult before God:
   let them rejoice with exceeding joy.
4. Sing praises to God's holy name:
   make a highway for the one who rides on the clouds,
   whose name is the Lord, in whose presence exult.
5. Guardian of orphans and protector of widows:
   such are you O God in your holy dwelling-place.
6. You give the lonely a home to live in,
   and lead out the prisoners into prosperity:
   but the rebellious must live in the wasteland.
7. O God when you went out at the head of your people:
   when you marched across the wilderness,
8. the earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain:
   before God the Lord of Sinai,
   before God the Lord most high.
9. You sent down a generous rain O God:
   to refresh the wilting land of your possession.
10. There your people found a home:
    which in your goodness you provided for the poor.