Psalm 68–70

Psalm 68

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. A Song.

¹Let ^aGod arise,

Let His enemies be scattered;

Let those also who hate Him flee before Him.

^2bAs smoke is driven away,

So drive them away;

^cAs wax melts before the fire,

So let the wicked perish at the presence of God.

³But ^dlet the righteous be glad;

Let them rejoice before God;

Yes, let them rejoice exceedingly.

⁴Sing to God, sing praises to His name;

^eExtol ¹Him who rides on the ²clouds,

^fBy His name ³Yah,

And rejoice before Him.

^5gA father of the fatherless, a defender of widows,

Is God in His holy habitation.

^6hGod sets the solitary in families;

ⁱHe brings out those who are bound into prosperity;

But ^jthe rebellious dwell in a dry land.

⁷O God, ^kwhen You went out before Your people,

When You marched through the wilderness,

Selah

⁸The earth shook;

The heavens also dropped rain at the presence of God;

Sinai itself was moved at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

^9lYou, O God, sent a plentiful rain,

Whereby You confirmed Your inheritance,

When it was weary.

¹⁰Your congregation dwelt in it;

^mYou, O God, provided from Your goodness for the poor.

¹¹The Lord gave the word;

Great was the ⁴company of those who proclaimed it:

¹²“Kings ⁿof armies flee, they flee,

And she who remains at home divides the ⁵spoil.

^13oThough you lie down among the ⁶sheepfolds,

^pYou will be like the wings of a dove covered with silver,

And her feathers with yellow gold.”

^14qWhen the Almighty scattered kings in it,

It was white as snow in Zalmon.

¹⁵A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan;

A mountain of many peaks is the mountain of Bashan.

¹⁶Why do you ⁷fume with envy, you mountains of many peaks?

^rThis is the mountain which God desires to dwell in;

Yes, the Lord will dwell in it forever.

^17sThe chariots of God are twenty thousand,

Even thousands of thousands;

The Lord is among them as in Sinai, in the Holy Place.

^18tYou have ascended on high,

^uYou have led captivity captive;

^vYou have received gifts among men,

Even from ^wthe rebellious,

^xThat the Lord God might dwell there.

¹⁹Blessed be the Lord,

Who daily loads us with benefits,

The God of our salvation!

Selah

²⁰Our God is the God of salvation;

And ^yto God the Lord belong escapes from death.

²¹But ^zGod will wound the head of His enemies,

^aThe hairy scalp of the one who still goes on in his trespasses.

²²The Lord said, “I will bring ^bback from Bashan,

I will bring them back ^cfrom the depths of the sea,

^23dThat ⁸your foot may crush them in blood,

^eAnd the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”

²⁴They have seen Your ⁹procession, O God,

The procession of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

^25fThe singers went before, the players on instruments followed after;

Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.

²⁶Bless God in the congregations,

The Lord, from ^gthe fountain of Israel.

^27hThere is little Benjamin, their leader,

The princes of Judah and their ¹company,

The princes of Zebulun and the princes of Naphtali.

²⁸²Your God has ⁱcommanded your strength;

Strengthen, O God, what You have done for us.

²⁹Because of Your temple at Jerusalem,

^jKings will bring presents to You.

³⁰Rebuke the beasts of the reeds,

^kThe herd of bulls with the calves of the peoples,

Till everyone ^lsubmits himself with pieces of silver.

Scatter the peoples who delight in war.

^31mEnvoys will come out of Egypt;

ⁿEthiopia will quickly ^ostretch out her hands to God.

³²Sing to God, you ^pkingdoms of the earth;

Oh, sing praises to the Lord,

Selah

³³To Him ^qwho rides on the heaven of heavens, which were of old!

Indeed, He sends out His voice, a ^rmighty voice.

^34sAscribe strength to God;

His excellence is over Israel,

And His strength is in the clouds.

³⁵O God, ^tYou are more awesome than Your holy places.

The God of Israel is He who gives strength and power to His people.

Blessed be God!

Psalm 69

To the Chief Musician. Set to “The Lilies.” A Psalm of David.

¹Save me, O God! For ^athe waters have come up to my ²neck.

^2bI sink in deep mire,

Where there is no standing;

I have come into deep waters,

Where the floods overflow me.

^3cI am weary with my crying;

My throat is dry;

^dMy eyes fail while I wait for my God.

⁴Those who ^ehate me without a cause

Are more than the hairs of my head;

They are mighty who would destroy me,

Being my enemies wrongfully;

Though I have stolen nothing,

I still must restore it.

⁵O God, You know my foolishness;

And my sins are not hidden from You.

⁶Let not those who ³wait for You, O Lord God of hosts, be ashamed because of me;

Let not those who seek You be ⁴confounded because of me, O God of Israel.

⁷Because for Your sake I have borne reproach;

Shame has covered my face.

^8fI have become a stranger to my brothers,

And an alien to my mother’s children;

^9gBecause zeal for Your house has eaten me up,

^hAnd the reproaches of those who reproach You have fallen on me.

¹⁰When I wept and chastened my soul with fasting,

That became my reproach.

¹¹I also ⁵made sackcloth my garment;

I became a byword to them.

¹²Those who ⁶sit in the gate speak against me,

And I am the song of the ⁱdrunkards.

¹³But as for me, my prayer is to You,

O Lord, in the acceptable time;

O God, in the multitude of Your mercy,

Hear me in the truth of Your salvation.

¹⁴Deliver me out of the mire,

And let me not sink;

Let me be delivered from those who hate me,

And out of the deep waters.

¹⁵Let not the floodwater overflow me,

Nor let the deep swallow me up;

And let not the pit shut its mouth on me.

¹⁶Hear me, O Lord, for Your lovingkindness is good;

Turn to me according to the multitude of Your tender mercies.

¹⁷And do not hide Your face from Your servant,

For I am in trouble;

Hear me speedily.

¹⁸Draw near to my soul, and redeem it;

Deliver me because of my enemies.

¹⁹You know ^jmy reproach, my shame, and my dishonor;

My adversaries are all before You.

²⁰Reproach has broken my heart,

And I am full of ⁷heaviness;

^kI looked for someone to take pity, but there was none;

And for ^lcomforters, but I found none.

²¹They also gave me gall for my food,

^mAnd for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.

²²ⁿLet their table become a snare before them,

And their well-being a trap.

^23oLet their eyes be darkened, so that they do not see;

And make their loins shake continually.

^24pPour out Your indignation upon them,

And let Your wrathful anger take hold of them.

^25qLet their dwelling place be desolate;

Let no one live in their tents.

²⁶For they persecute the ones ^rYou have struck,

And talk of the grief of those You have wounded.

^27sAdd iniquity to their iniquity,

^tAnd let them not come into Your righteousness.

²⁸Let them ^ube blotted out of the book of the living,

^vAnd not be written with the righteous.

²⁹But I am poor and sorrowful;

Let Your salvation, O God, set me up on high.

^30wI will praise the name of God with a song,

And will magnify Him with thanksgiving.

^31xThis also shall please the Lord better than an ox or bull,

Which has horns and hooves.

^32yThe humble shall see this and be glad;

And you who seek God, ^zyour hearts shall live.

³³For the Lord hears the poor,

And does not despise ^aHis prisoners.

^34bLet heaven and earth praise Him,

The seas ^cand everything that moves in them.

^35dFor God will save Zion

And build the cities of Judah,

That they may dwell there and possess it.

³⁶Also, ^ethe ⁸descendants of His servants shall inherit it,

And those who love His name shall dwell in it.

Psalm 70

To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. To Bring to Remembrance.

¹Make haste, ^bO God, to deliver me!

Make haste to help me, O Lord!

^2cLet them be ashamed and confounded

Who seek my life;

Let them be ¹turned back and confused

Who desire my hurt.

^3dLet them be turned back because of their shame,

Who say, ²“Aha, aha!”

⁴Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;

And let those who love Your salvation say continually,

“Let God be magnified!”

^5eBut I am poor and needy;

^fMake haste to me, O God!

You are my help and my deliverer;

O Lord, do not delay.