1. Let God arise, and scattered far
Be all His enemies;
And let all those who do Him hate
Before His presence flee.
As smoke is driven, drive thou them;
As wax melts by the fire.
Let wicked men before God’s face
So perish in His ire.

2. But let all righteous men be glad;
Let them before God’s sight
Be very joyful; yea, let them
Rejoice with all their might.
Sing praise to God, prepare His way;
Jehovah is His Name,
Who rideth through the wilderness;
Before Him joy proclaim.

3. He takes a father’s place to those
Who are left fatherless
The widow’s judge is God, within
His place of holiness.
Yea, God the solitary sets
In families; from bands
The chained doth free; but rebels do
Inhabit desert lands.

4. O God, what time Thou didst go forth
Before Thy people’s face;
And when through the great wilderness
Thy glorious marching was;
Then at God’s presence shook the earth,
Then drops from heaven fell;
This Sinai shook before the Lord,
The God of Israel.*

* The words of this verse differs from words sung