For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.
1Let God arise!
Let his enemies be scattered!
Let them who hate him also flee before him.
2As smoke is driven away,
so drive them away.
As wax melts before the fire,
so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3But let the righteous be glad.
Let them rejoice before God.
Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
4Sing to God! Sing praises to his name!
Extol him who rides on the clouds:
to Yah, his name!
Rejoice before him!
5A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows,
is God in his holy habitation.
6God sets the lonely in families.
He brings out the prisoners with singing,
but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
7God, when you went out before your people,
when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.
8The earth trembled.
The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai—
at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
9You, God, sent a plentiful rain.
You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.
10Your congregation lived therein.
You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
11The Lord announced the word.
The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
12“Kings of armies flee! They flee!”
She who waits at home divides the plunder,
13while you sleep among the camp fires,
the wings of a dove sheathed with silver,
her feathers with shining gold.
14When the Almighty scattered kings in her,
it snowed on Zalmon.
15The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains.
The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
16Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains,
at the mountain where God chooses to reign?
Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
17The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands.
The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
18You have ascended on high.
You have led away captives.
You have received gifts among people,
yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
19Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens,
even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
20God is to us a God of deliverance.
To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
21But God will strike through the head of his enemies,
the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
22The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan,
I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,
23that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood,
that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
24They have seen your processions, God,
even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after,
among the ladies playing with tambourines,
26“Bless God in the congregations,
even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!”
27There is little Benjamin, their ruler,
the princes of Judah, their council,
the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
28Your God has commanded your strength.
Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.
29Because of your temple at Jerusalem,
kings shall bring presents to you.
30Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds,
the multitude of the bulls with the calves of the peoples.
Trample under foot the bars of silver.
Scatter the nations who delight in war.
31Princes shall come out of Egypt.
Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.
32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth!
Sing praises to the Lord— Selah—
33to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old;
behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
34Ascribe strength to God!
His excellency is over Israel,
his strength is in the skies.
35You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries.
The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people.
Praise be to God!
Jacob was the son of Isaac and Rebekah, born immediately after Esau, and Abraham was his grandfather. He achieved the right of the firstborn by trickery, in offering his older brother, Esau, food in exchange for the birthright, who cared little for this position. He also received the blessing of firstborn from his father Jacob before his death by cunning, and with the assistance of his mother Rebekah.
After his deception of Esau, receiving the blessing from his father, Jacob escaped to his uncle Laban, who in turn deceived Jacob into working for fourteen years for the marriage of Jacob to Leah, and then his beloved Rachel. Laban also sought to deceive Jacob of wages, but God intervened to ensure he would prosper. In a time of trial, when he feared the wrath of Esau, upon returning to the land of Canaan, Jacob had an encounter with God, and his name was changed to Israel, the one who wrestles with God. Even though his early life was characterized by deception, God worked through the situation to ensure that Jacob would be the one in the line of the patriarchs, to create a great nation and ultimately fulfill His purposes in the earth, especially through the future Messiah. The Messiah would guarantee the promise of the land to Abram and a person who would rule over Abraham's descendants, but also He would bring blessings to all the people of the earth (Gen 12:1-3).
In spite of Jacob's early failure by deception, God worked through him, and finally, Jacob became a different type of man after his struggle with God. As one has said,
"Despite Jacob’s faults, God chose him to be the leader of a great nation that still bears his name today. But for this, it is unlikely that we would know much about Jacob, who appears to be in the middle of events while the key players are those around him. There is no great wisdom or bravery in Jacob to speak of, and we are tempted to see him as little more than God’s passive instrument. If we are tempted to think that, because we aren’t in the spotlight performing great acts for God, we are unimportant to Him, then we should consider the life of Jacob and know that, in spite of our failings, God can and will still use us in His plan."
For more on Jacob, see "Who was Jacob in the Bible?", https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Jacob.html