God Our Father

⁴ Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Exalt the one who rides the clouds! The LORD is his name. Celebrate before him! ⁵ Father of orphans and defender of widows is God in his holy habitation. ⁶ God settles the lonely in their homes; he sets prisoners free with happiness, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land. ⁷ When you went forth before your people, God, when you marched through the wasteland, Selah ⁸ the earth shook! Yes, heaven poured down before God, the one from Sinai before God, the God of Israel! ⁹ You showered down abundant rain, God; when your inheritance grew weary, you restored it yourself, ¹⁰ and your creatures settled in it. In your goodness, God, you provided for the poor.