Psalms 68

1 Ref > Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.

2 Ref As smoke is driven away, So drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

3 Ref But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.

4 Ref Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: To Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!

5 Ref A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, Is God in his holy habitation.

6 Ref God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, But the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.

7 Ref God, when you went forth before your people, When you marched through the wilderness... Selah.

8 Ref The 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.

9 Ref You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance, when it was weary.

10 Ref Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.

11 Ref The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.

12 Ref "Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who waits at home divides the spoil,

13 Ref While you sleep among the campfires, The wings of a dove sheathed with silver, Her feathers with shining gold.

14 Ref When the Almighty scattered kings in her, It snowed on Zalmon.

15 Ref The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.

16 Ref Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, At the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.

17 Ref The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.

18 Ref You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among men, Yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.

19 Ref Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, Even the God who is our salvation. Selah.

20 Ref God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

21 Ref But God will strike through the head of his enemies, The hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.

22 Ref The Lord said, "I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea;

23 Ref That you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, That the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies."

24 Ref They have seen your processions, God, Even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

25 Ref The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,

26 Ref "Bless God in the congregations, Even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!"

27 Ref There is little Benjamin, their ruler, The princes of Judah, their council, The princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

28 Ref Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.

29 Ref Because of your temple at Jerusalem, Kings shall bring presents to you.

30 Ref Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, The multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples. Being humbled, may it bring bars of silver. Scatter the nations that delight in war.

31 Ref Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.

32 Ref Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord! Selah.

33 Ref To him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; Behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.

34 Ref Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, His strength is in the skies.

35 Ref You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!

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