Psalm 68:1–10

¹God will arise. 

His enemies will be scattered. 

Those who hate him will flee from him. 

²Blow them away like smoke. 

Let wicked people melt in God’s presence like wax next to a fire. 

³But let righteous people rejoice. 

Let them celebrate in God’s presence. 

Let them overflow with joy. 

⁴Sing to God; make music to praise his name. 

Make a highway for him to ride through the deserts.^a

The Lord is his name. 

Celebrate in his presence. 

⁵The God who is in his holy dwelling place 

is the father of the fatherless and the defender of widows. 

⁶God places lonely people in families. 

He leads prisoners out of prison into productive lives, 

but rebellious people must live in an unproductive land. 

⁷O God, when you went in front of your people, 

when you marched through the desert, 

Selah 

⁸the earth quaked and the sky poured 

in the presence of the God of Sinai, 

in the presence of the God of Israel. 

⁹You watered the land with plenty of rain, O God. 

You refreshed it when your land was exhausted. 

¹⁰Your flock settled there. 

Out of your goodness, O God, 

you provided for oppressed people.