Psalm 68:1–70:5

¹Let ^aGod arise, let his enemies ^bbe scattered:

Let them also that hate him flee ^†before him.

^2cAs smoke is driven away, so drive them away:

^dAs wax melteth before the fire,

So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

³But let ^ethe righteous be glad; let them rejoice before God:

Yea, let them ^†exceedingly rejoice.

⁴Sing unto God, ^fsing praises to his name:

^gExtol him that rideth upon the heavens

By his name ^hJAH, and rejoice before him.

⁵A ⁱfather of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows,

Is God in his holy habitation.

⁶God ^ksetteth the ^lsolitary ^†in families:

^mHe bringeth out those which are bound with chains:

But ⁿthe rebellious ^odwell in a dry land.

⁷O God, ^pwhen thou wentest forth before thy people,

^qWhen thou didst march through ^rthe wilderness; Selah:

^8qThe earth shook, the heavens also dropped

At the presence of God: even ^sSinai itself was moved

At the presence of God, the God of Israel.

^9tThou, O God, didst ^†send a plentiful rain,

Whereby thou didst ^†confirm thine inheritance, when it was weary.

¹⁰Thy ^ucongregation hath dwelt therein:

Thou, O God, hast ^wprepared of thy goodness for the poor.

¹¹The Lord gave the word:

Great was the ^†company of those that published it.

^12xKings of armies ^†did flee apace:

And ^yshe that tarried at home ^zdivided the spoil.

¹³Though ye have lien among ^athe pots,

Yet shall ye be as the ^bwings of a dove covered with silver,

And her ^bfeathers with yellow gold.

¹⁴When the Almighty ^cscattered kings ^||in it,

It was white as snow in ^dSalmon.

¹⁵The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan;

An high hill as the hill of Bashan.

¹⁶Why ^eleap ye, ye high hills?

This is ^fthe hill ^gwhich God desireth to dwell in;

Yea, the Lord will dwell in it for ever.

^17hThe chariots of God are ⁱtwenty thousand, ^||even thousands of angels:

The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.

^18kThou hast ascended on high, ^lthou hast led captivity captive:

^mThou hast received gifts ^†for men;

Yea, for ⁿthe rebellious also, ^othat the ^pLord God might dwell among them.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord,

Who daily loadeth us with benefits,

Even the God of our salvation. Selah.

²⁰He that is our God is the God of salvation;

And ^qunto God the Lord belong ^rthe issues from death.

²¹But ^sGod shall wound the head of his enemies,

And the hairy scalp of such an one as goeth on still in his trespasses.

²²The Lord said, I will bring ^tagain from Bashan,

I will bring my people again ^ufrom the depths of the sea:

^23xThat thy foot may be ^||dipped in the blood of thine enemies,

And ^ythe tongue of thy dogs in the same.

²⁴They have seen thy goings, O God;

Even the goings of my God, my King, in the sanctuary.

^25zThe singers went before, ^athe players on instruments followed after;

Among them were the damsels ^bplaying with timbrels.

^26cBless ye God in the congregations,

Even the Lord, ^||from ^dthe fountain of Israel.

²⁷There is ^elittle Benjamin with their ruler,

The princes of Judah ^||and their council,

^fThe princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸Thy God hath ^gcommanded thy strength:

Strengthen, O God, that which thou hast wrought for us.

²⁹Because of thy temple at Jerusalem

^hShall kings ⁱbring presents unto thee.

^30kRebuke ^||the ^lcompany of spearmen,

The multitude of ^mthe bulls, with the calves of the people,

Till every one ⁿsubmit himself with pieces of silver:

^||Scatter thou the people that delight in war.

³¹Princes shall come ^oout of ^pEgypt;

^pqEthiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.

³²Sing unto God, ^rye kingdoms of the earth;

O sing praises unto the Lord; Selah:

³³To him that ^srideth upon ^tthe heavens of heavens, which were of old;

Lo, ^uhe doth ^†send out his voice, and that a mighty voice.

^34vAscribe ye strength unto God:

His excellency is over Israel,

And ^whis strength is in the ^||xclouds.

³⁵O God, thou art ^yterrible ^zout of thy holy places:

The God of Israel is he

That giveth strength and power unto his people.

Blessed be God.

Psalm 69

To the chief Musician ^*upon Shoshannim, A Psalm of ^†David.

¹Save me, O God; for ^athe waters are come in ^bunto my soul.

^2acI sink in ^†deep mire, where there is no standing:

I am come into ^†deep waters, where ^ethe floods ^eeoverflow me.

^3fI am weary of my crying: my throat is dried:

^gMine eyes fail ^hwhile I wait for my God.

⁴ⁱThey that hate me without a cause ^jare more than the hairs of mine head:

They that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty:

^kThen I restored that which I took not away.

⁵O God, thou knowest my foolishness;

And my ^†sins are not hid from thee.

⁶Let not them that wait on thee, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed for my sake:

Let not those that seek thee be confounded for my sake, O God of Israel.

⁷Because ^lfor thy sake I have borne reproach;

Shame hath covered my face.

⁸I ^mam become a stranger unto ⁿmy brethren,

And an alien unto my mother’s children.

⁹For ^othe zeal of thine house hath eaten me up;

And ^pthe reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

¹⁰When I wept, and chastened ^qmy soul with fasting,

That was to my reproach.

¹¹I made ^qrsackcloth also my garment;

And I became ^sa proverb to them.

¹²They that sit in the gate speak against me;

And I was the ^tsong of the ^†drunkards.

¹³But as for me, ^umy prayer is unto thee, O Lord, ^win an acceptable time:

O God, in the multitude of thy mercy hear me, in the truth of thy salvation.

¹⁴Deliver me ^xout of the mire, and let me not ^ysink:

^zLet me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the ^ydeep waters.

¹⁵Let not the ^awaterflood overflow me,

Neither let ^athe deep swallow me up,

And let not ^bthe pit ^cshut her mouth upon me.

¹⁶Hear me, O Lord; ^dfor thy lovingkindness is good:

^eTurn unto me ^faccording to the multitude of thy tender mercies.

¹⁷And ^ghide not thy face from thy servant;

For I ^ham in trouble: ^†ihear me speedily.

¹⁸Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it:

Deliver me because of mine enemies.

¹⁹Thou hast known ^jmy reproach, and ^kmy shame, and my dishonour:

Mine adversaries are all before thee.

²⁰Reproach hath broken my heart; and ^lI am full of heaviness:

And ^mI looked for some ^†to take pity, but there was none;

And for ⁿcomforters, but I found none.

²¹They gave me also ^ogall for my meat;

And ^pin my thirst they gave me ^qvinegar to drink.

^22rLet their ^stable become a snare before them:

And that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.

^23tLet their eyes be darkened, that they see not;

And ^umake their loins continually to shake.

²⁴Pour out thine indignation upon them,

And let thy wrathful anger take hold of them.

^25xLet ^y†their habitation be desolate;

And ^†let none dwell in their tents.

²⁶For ^zthey persecute ^ahim whom thou hast smitten;

And they ^btalk to the grief of ^†those whom thou hast wounded.

^27cAdd ^||iniquity unto their iniquity:

And let them not come into thy righteousness.

²⁸Let them be blotted out of ^dthe book of the living,

And not be ^ewritten with the righteous.

²⁹But I am poor and sorrowful:

Let thy salvation, O God, ^fset me up on high.

³⁰I will praise the name of God with a song,

And will ^gmagnify him with ^hthanksgiving.

^31hThis also shall please the Lord better than an ox

Or bullock that hath horns and ⁱhoofs.

³²The ^k||humble shall see this, and be glad:

And ^lyour heart shall live that seek God.

³³For the Lord heareth the poor,

And ^mdespiseth not his prisoners.

³⁴ⁿLet the heaven and earth praise him,

The seas, and every thing that ^†moveth therein.

^35oFor God will save Zion,

And will build the cities of Judah:

That they may dwell there, and ^phave it in possession.

^36qThe seed also of ^rhis servants shall inherit it:

And ^pthey that love his name shall ^sdwell therein.

Psalm 70

To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, ^*to bring to remembrance.

¹Make haste, ^aO God, to deliver me;

Make haste ^†to help me, O Lord.

²Let them be ashamed and confounded that seek after my soul:

Let them be turned backward, and ^bput to confusion, ^bthat desire my hurt.

³Let them ^cbe turned back for a reward of their shame

That say, Aha, aha.

⁴Let all those that seek thee rejoice and be glad in thee:

And let such as love thy salvation say continually, Let God be magnified.

⁵But I am poor and needy: ^dmake haste unto me, O God:

Thou art my help and my deliverer;

O Lord, make no tarrying.