Psalm 68:1–35

^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!