Psalm 68

For the end, a Psalm of a Song by David.

¹ Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered; and let them that hate him flee from before him. ² As smoke vanishes, let them vanish: as wax melts before the fire, so let the sinners perish from before God. ³ But let the righteous rejoice; let them exult before God: let them be delighted with joy.

⁴ Sing to God, sing praises to his name: make a way for him that rides upon the west (the Lord is his name) and exult before him. They shall be troubled before the face of him, ⁵ who is the father of the orphans, and judge of the widows: such is God in his holy place. ⁶ God settles the solitary in a house; leading forth prisoners mightily, also them that act provokingly, even them that dwell in tombs.

⁷ O God, when thou wentest forth before thy people, when thou wentest through the wilderness; Pause: ⁸ the earth quaked, yea, the heavens dropped water at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel. ⁹ O God, thou wilt grant to thine inheritance a gracious rain; for it was weary, but thou didst refresh it.

¹⁰ Thy ¹creatures dwell in it: thou hast in thy goodness prepared for the poor. ¹¹ The Lord God will give a word to them that preach it in a great company. ¹² The king of the forces of the beloved, of the beloved, will even grant them for the beauty of the house to divide the spoils. ¹³ Even if ye should lie among the lots, ye shall have the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her breast with ²yellow gold. ¹⁴ When the heavenly One scatters kings upon it, they shall be made snow-white in Selmon. ¹⁵ The mountain of God is a rich mountain; a ³swelling mountain, a rich mountain. ¹⁶ Wherefore do ye conceive evil, ye swelling mountains? this is the mountain which God has delighted to dwell in; yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

¹⁷ The chariots of God are ten thousand fold, thousands of rejoicing ones: the Lord is among them, in Sina, in the holy place. ^{18 4}Thou art gone up on high, thou hast led captivity captive, thou hast received gifts for man, yea, for they were rebellious, that thou mightest dwell among them.

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¹⁹ Blessed be the Lord God, blessed be the Lord daily; and the God of our salvation shall prosper us. Pause. ²⁰ Our God is the God of salvation; and to the Lord belong the issues from death. ²¹ But God shall crust the heads of his enemies; the hairy crown of them that go on in their trespasses. ²² The Lord said, I will bring again from Basan, I will bring my people again through the depths of the sea. ²³ That thy foot may be dipped in blood, and the tongue of thy dogs be stained with that of thine enemies.

²⁴ Thy goings, O God, have been seen; the goings of my God, the king, in the sanctuary. ²⁵ The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels. ²⁶ Praise God in the congregations, the Lord from the fountains of Israel. ²⁷ There is Benjamin the younger one in ecstasy, the princes of Juda their rulers, the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.

²⁸ O God, command thou thy strength: strengthen, O God, this which thou hast wrought in us. ²⁹ Because of thy temple at Jerusalem shall kings bring presents to thee. ³⁰ Rebuke the wild beasts of the reed: let the crowd of bulls with the heifers of the nations be rebuked, so that they who have been proved with silver may not be shut out: scatter thou the nations that wish for wars. ³¹ Ambassadors shall arrive out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hand readily to God.

³² Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth; sing psalms to the Lord. Pause. ³³ Sing to God that ⁵rides on the heaven of heaven, eastward: lo, he will utter a mighty sound with his voice. ³⁴ Give ye glory to God: his excellency is over Israel, and his power is in the clouds. ³⁵ God is wonderful ⁶in his holy places, the God of Israel: he will give power and strength to his people: blessed be God.