A processional hymn of divine victory and care: God arises and protects the vulnerable

God arises, and the first care named is the orphan and the widow

Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him. As smoke is driven away, so drive them away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. But let the righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God: yea, let them exceedingly rejoice.

Sing unto God, sing praises to his name: extol him that rideth upon the heavens by his name JAH, and rejoice before him. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. Before the later chariots and processions, the psalm defines the rising God by protection of people without ordinary defenders.

Solitary people are settled; prisoners are brought out; rebels stay dry

God setteth the solitary in families: he bringeth out those which are bound with chains: but the rebellious dwell in a dry land.

Holy habitation is not interior decoration. It is the place from which the fatherless are claimed and the bound are released. The dense victory hymn that follows must keep this opening, or it will sound like a parade without a people. Setting the solitary in families is gift and belonging, not a warrant to coerce households or to shame those who live alone.