2. May you blow them away like smoke— as wax melts before the fire, may the wicked perish before God.
3. But may the righteous be glad and rejoice before God; may they be happy and joyful.
4. Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds ; rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.
5. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
6. God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
7. When you, God, went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness,