Psalm 68:1–70:5

^1eGod shall arise, his enemies shall be ^fscattered;

and those who hate him shall flee before him!

²As ^gsmoke is driven away, so you shall drive them away;

^has wax melts before fire,

so the wicked shall perish before God!

³But ⁱthe righteous shall be glad;

they shall exult before God;

they shall be jubilant with joy!

⁴Sing to God, ^jsing praises to his name;

^klift up a song to him who ^lrides through ^mthe deserts;

his name is ⁿthe Lord;

exult before him!

^5oFather of the fatherless and ^pprotector of widows

is God in his holy habitation.

⁶God ^qsettles the solitary in a home;

he ^rleads out the prisoners to prosperity,

but ^sthe rebellious dwell in ^ta parched land.

⁷O God, when you ^uwent out before your people,

^vwhen you marched through ^wthe wilderness, Selah

^8xthe earth quaked, the heavens poured down rain,

before God, the One of Sinai,

before God¹, the God of Israel.

^9yRain in abundance, O God, you shed abroad;

you restored your inheritance as it languished;

¹⁰your flock² found a dwelling in it;

in your goodness, O God, you ^zprovided for the needy.

¹¹The Lord gives ^athe word;

^bthe women who announce the news are a great host:

^12c“The kings of the armies—they flee, they flee!”

The women at home ^ddivide the spoil—

¹³though you men lie among ^ethe sheepfolds—

the wings of a dove covered with silver,

its pinions with shimmering gold.

¹⁴When the Almighty scatters kings there,

let snow fall on ^fZalmon.

¹⁵O mountain of God, mountain of Bashan;

O many-peaked³ mountain, mountain of Bashan!

¹⁶Why do you look with hatred, O many-peaked mountain,

at the mount that God ^gdesired for his abode,

yes, where the Lord will dwell forever?

^17hThe chariots of God are twice ten thousand,

thousands upon thousands;

the Lord is among them; Sinai is now in the sanctuary.

¹⁸ⁱYou ascended on high,

^jleading a host of captives in your train

and ^kreceiving gifts among men,

even among ^lthe rebellious, ^mthat the Lord God may dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord,

who daily ⁿbears us up;

God is our salvation. Selah

²⁰Our God is a God of salvation,

^oand to God, the Lord, belong deliverances from death.

^21pBut God will strike the heads of his enemies,

the hairy crown of him who walks in his guilty ways.

²²The Lord said,

“I will bring them back ^qfrom Bashan,

^rI will bring them back from the depths of the sea,

²³that you may ^sstrike your feet in their blood,

that ^tthe tongues of your dogs may have their portion from the foe.”

²⁴Your procession is⁴ seen, O God,

the procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary—

^25uthe singers in front, ^vthe musicians last,

between them ^wvirgins playing tambourines:

^26x“Bless God in the great congregation,

the Lord, O you⁵ who are of ^yIsrael’s fountain!”

²⁷There is ^zBenjamin, the least of them, in the lead,

the princes of Judah in their throng,

the princes of ^aZebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

^28bSummon your power, O God,⁶

the power, O God, by which you have worked for us.

²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem

kings shall ^cbear gifts to you.

³⁰Rebuke ^dthe beasts that dwell among the reeds,

the herd of ^ebulls with the calves of the peoples.

^fTrample underfoot those who lust after tribute;

scatter the peoples who delight in war.⁷

³¹Nobles shall come from ^gEgypt;

^hCush shall hasten to ⁱstretch out her hands to God.

^32jO kingdoms of the earth, sing to God;

sing praises to the Lord, Selah

³³to him ^kwho rides in ^lthe heavens, the ancient heavens;

behold, he ^msends out his voice, his mighty voice.

³⁴ⁿAscribe power to God,

whose majesty is over Israel,

and whose ^opower is in ^pthe skies.

^35qAwesome is God from his^{8 r}sanctuary;

the God of Israel—he is the one who gives ^spower and strength to his people.

Blessed be God!

Save Me, O God

69To the choirmaster: according to ^tLilies. Of David.

¹Save me, O God!

For ^uthe waters have come up to my neck.¹

²I sink in deep ^vmire,

where there is no foothold;

I have come into deep waters,

and the flood ^wsweeps over me.

^3xI am weary with my crying out;

^ymy throat is parched.

^zMy eyes grow dim

with ^awaiting for my God.

^4bMore in number than the hairs of my head

are ^cthose who hate me ^dwithout cause;

mighty are those who would destroy me,

^ethose who attack me with lies.

What I did not steal

must I now restore?

⁵O God, you know my folly;

the wrongs I have done are not hidden from you.

⁶Let not those who hope in you ^fbe put to shame through me,

O Lord God of hosts;

let not those who seek you be brought to dishonor through me,

O God of Israel.

⁷For it is ^gfor your sake that I have borne reproach,

that dishonor has covered my face.

⁸I have become ^ha stranger to my brothers,

an alien to my mother’s sons.

⁹For ⁱzeal for your house has consumed me,

and ^jthe reproaches of those who reproach you have fallen on me.

¹⁰When I wept and humbled² my soul with fasting,

it became my reproach.

¹¹When I made ^ksackcloth my clothing,

I became ^la byword to them.

¹²I am the talk of those who ^msit in the gate,

and the drunkards make ⁿsongs about me.

¹³But as for me, my ^oprayer is to you, O Lord.

At ^pan acceptable time, O God,

in the abundance of your steadfast love answer me in your saving faithfulness.

¹⁴Deliver me

from sinking in ^qthe mire;

^rlet me be delivered from my enemies

and from ^sthe deep waters.

¹⁵Let not the flood sweep over me,

or the deep swallow me up,

or ^tthe pit close ^uits mouth over me.

¹⁶Answer me, O Lord, for your ^vsteadfast love is good;

according to your abundant ^wmercy, ^xturn to me.

^17yHide not your face from your servant,

^zfor I am in distress; ^amake haste to answer me.

¹⁸Draw near to my soul, redeem me;

ransom me because of my enemies!

¹⁹You know my ^breproach,

and my shame and my dishonor;

my foes are all known to you.

^20bReproaches have broken my heart,

so that I am in ^cdespair.

I ^dlooked for ^epity, but there was none,

and for ^fcomforters, but I found none.

²¹They gave me ^gpoison for food,

and for my thirst they gave me ^hsour wine to drink.

²²ⁱLet their own ^jtable before them become a snare;

^kand when they are at peace, let it become a trap.³

^23lLet their eyes be darkened, so that they cannot see,

^mand make their loins tremble continually.

²⁴Pour out your indignation upon them,

and let your burning anger overtake them.

²⁵ⁿMay their camp be a desolation;

let no one dwell in their tents.

²⁶For they ^opersecute him whom ^pyou have struck down,

and they recount the pain of ^qthose you have wounded.

^27rAdd to them punishment upon punishment;

may they have no acquittal from you.⁴

²⁸Let them be ^sblotted out of the book of the living;

let them not be ^tenrolled among the righteous.

²⁹But I am afflicted and in pain;

let your salvation, O God, ^uset me on high!

³⁰I will ^vpraise the name of God with a song;

I will ^wmagnify him with ^xthanksgiving.

³¹This will ^yplease the Lord more than an ox

or a bull ^zwith horns and hoofs.

³²When ^athe humble see it they will be glad;

you who seek God, ^alet your hearts revive.

³³For the Lord hears the needy

and ^bdoes not despise his own people who are prisoners.

³⁴Let ^cheaven and earth praise him,

the seas and everything that moves in them.

³⁵For ^dGod will save Zion

and build up the cities of Judah,

and people shall dwell there and possess it;

^36ethe offspring of his servants shall inherit it,

and those who love his name shall dwell in it.

O Lord, Do Not Delay

70To the choirmaster. Of David, ^ffor the memorial offering.

^1gMake haste, O God, to deliver me!

O Lord, make haste to help me!

²Let them be put to shame and confusion

who seek my life!

Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor

who delight in my hurt!

³Let them turn back because of their shame

who say, “Aha, Aha!”

⁴May all who seek you

rejoice and be glad in you!

May those who love your salvation

say evermore, “God is great!”

⁵But I am poor and needy;

^hhasten to me, O God!

You are my help and my deliverer;

O Lord, do not delay!