Psalm 68

PSALM 68

Let God’s Enemies Be Scattered

For the choir director. A Psalm of David. A Song.

¹¹Let ^aGod arise, ²let His enemies be scattered,

And ³let those who hate Him flee before Him.

²As ^asmoke is driven away, so drive them away;

As ^bwax melts before the fire,

So let the ^cwicked perish before God.

³But let the ^arighteous be glad; let them exult before God;

And let them rejoice with gladness.

⁴Sing to God, ^asing praises to His name;

^1bLift up a song for Him who ^crides through the deserts,

Whose ^dname is ²Yah, and exult before Him.

⁵A ^afather of the fatherless and a ^bjudge ¹for the widows,

Is God in His ^choly habitation.

⁶God ^acauses the lonely to inhabit a home;

He ^bleads out the prisoners into prosperity,

Only ^cthe rebellious dwell in a parched land.

⁷O God, when You ^awent forth before Your people,

When You ^bmarched through the wasteland, ¹Selah.

⁸The ^aearth quaked;

The ^bheavens also dripped rain at the presence of God;

^1cSinai itself quaked at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

⁹You ^acaused abundant rain to sprinkle down, O God;

You established Your inheritance when it was ¹parched.

¹⁰Your creatures inhabited it;

You ^aestablished it in Your goodness for the poor, O God.

¹¹The Lord gives the word;

The ^awomen who proclaim the good news are a great host:

¹²“^aKings of armies retreat, they retreat,

And she who remains at home will ^bdivide the spoil!”

¹³If you men lie down ^aamong the ¹sheepfolds,

You all would be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,

And its pinions with glistening gold.

¹⁴When the Almighty ^adispersed the kings ¹there,

It was snowing in ^bZalmon.

¹⁵A ^1amountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;

A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

¹⁶Why do you look with envy, O mountains with many peaks,

At the mountain which God has ^aprized for His habitation?

Surely ^bYahweh will dwell there forever.

¹⁷The ^achariots of God are ¹myriads, ^bthousands upon thousands;

²The Lord is among them as at Sinai, in holiness.

¹⁸You have ^aascended on high, You have ^bled captive Your captives;

You have received gifts among men,

Even among the rebellious also, that Yah—God—may dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord, who daily ^abears our burden,

^bThe God who is our salvation. Selah.

²⁰God is to us a ^aGod of ¹salvation;

And ^bto Yahweh the Lord belong escapes ²from death.

²¹Surely God will ^acrush the head of His enemies,

The hairy ¹skull of him who goes on in his guilty deeds.

²²The Lord ¹said, “^aI will bring them back from Bashan.

I will bring them back from the depths of the sea;

²³That ^1ayour foot may crush them in blood,

The tongue of your ^bdogs may have its portion from your enemies.”

²⁴They have seen ^aYour ¹procession, O God,

The ²procession of my God, my King, ^3binto the sanctuary.

²⁵The ^asingers went on, the musicians after them,

¹In the midst of the ^bmaidens beating tambourines.

^26aBless God in the congregations,

Yahweh, the ^bfountain of Israel.

²⁷There is ^aBenjamin, the ¹youngest, ²having dominion over them,

The princes of Judah in their throng,

The princes of ^bZebulun, the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸¹Your God has ^acommanded your strength;

Show Yourself strong, O God, ^bwho has worked ²on our behalf.

²⁹¹Because of Your temple at Jerusalem

^aKings will bring gifts to You.

³⁰Rebuke the ^abeast ¹in the reeds,

The herd of ^bbulls with the calves of the peoples,

Trampling under foot the pieces of silver;

He has ^ccast out the peoples who delight in war.

³¹Envoys will come out of ^aEgypt;

^1bEthiopia will quickly stretch out her hands to God.

³²Sing to God, O ^akingdoms of the earth,

^bSing praises to the Lord, Selah.

³³To Him who ^arides upon the ^1bhighest heavens, which are from ancient times;

Behold, ^cHe gives forth His voice, a ^dvoice that is strong.

^34aAscribe strength to God;

His majesty is over Israel

And ^bHis strength is in the ¹skies.

³⁵¹O God, You are ^aawesome from Your ²sanctuary.

The God of Israel Himself ^bgives strength and might to the people.

^cBlessed be God!