Psalm 68:1–10

¹Rise up, O God, and scatter your enemies.

Let those who hate God run for their lives.

²Blow them away like smoke.

Melt them like wax in a fire.

Let the wicked perish in the presence of God.

³But let the godly rejoice.

Let them be glad in God’s presence.

Let them be filled with joy.

⁴Sing praises to God and to his name!

Sing loud praises to him who rides the clouds.

His name is the Lord—

rejoice in his presence!

⁵Father to the fatherless, defender of widows—

this is God, whose dwelling is holy.

⁶God places the lonely in families;

he sets the prisoners free and gives them joy.

But he makes the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.

⁷O God, when you led your people out from Egypt,

when you marched through the dry wasteland,

Interlude

⁸the earth trembled, and the heavens poured down rain

before you, the God of Sinai,

before God, the God of Israel.

⁹You sent abundant rain, O God,

to refresh the weary land.

¹⁰There your people finally settled,

and with a bountiful harvest, O God,

you provided for your needy people.