Psalm 68:1–35

¹May God arise,^p may his enemies be scattered;^q

may his foes flee^r before him.

²May you blow them away like smoke—^s

as wax melts^t before the fire,

may the wicked perish^u before God.

³But may the righteous be glad

and rejoice^v before God;

may they be happy and joyful.

⁴Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,^w

extol him who rides on the clouds^bx;

rejoice before him—his name is the Lord.^y

⁵A father to the fatherless,^z a defender of widows,^a

is God in his holy dwelling.^b

⁶God sets the lonely^c in families,^cd

he leads out the prisoners^e with singing;

but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.^f

⁷When you, God, went out^g before your people,

when you marched through the wilderness,^dh

⁸the earth shook,ⁱ the heavens poured down rain,^j

before God, the One of Sinai,^k

before God, the God of Israel.^l

⁹You gave abundant showers,^m O God;

you refreshed your weary inheritance.

¹⁰Your people settled in it,

and from your bounty,ⁿ God, you provided^o for the poor.

¹¹The Lord announces the word,

and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:^p

¹²“Kings and armies flee^q in haste;

the women at home divide the plunder.^r

¹³Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,^es

the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,

its feathers with shining gold.”

¹⁴When the Almighty^f scattered^t the kings in the land,

it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.^u

¹⁵Mount Bashan,^v majestic mountain,^w

Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,

¹⁶why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,

at the mountain where God chooses^x to reign,

where the Lord himself will dwell forever?^y

¹⁷The chariots^z of God are tens of thousands

and thousands of thousands;^a

the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.^g

¹⁸When you ascended^b on high,^c

you took many captives;^d

you received gifts from people,^e

even from^h the rebellious^f—

that you,ⁱ Lord God, might dwell there.

¹⁹Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,^g

who daily bears our burdens.^h

²⁰Our God is a God who saves;ⁱ

from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.^j

²¹Surely God will crush the heads^k of his enemies,

the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.

²²The Lord says, “I will bring them from Bashan;

I will bring them from the depths of the sea,^l

²³that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,^m

while the tongues of your dogsⁿ have their share.”

²⁴Your procession, God, has come into view,

the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.^o

²⁵In front are the singers,^p after them the musicians;^q

with them are the young women playing the timbrels.^r

²⁶Praise God in the great congregation;^s

praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.^t

²⁷There is the little tribe^u of Benjamin,^v leading them,

there the great throng of Judah’s princes,

and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.^w

²⁸Summon your power,^x God^j;

show us your strength,^y our God, as you have done^z before.

²⁹Because of your temple at Jerusalem

kings will bring you gifts.^a

³⁰Rebuke the beast^b among the reeds,^c

the herd of bulls^d among the calves of the nations.

Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.

Scatter the nations^e who delight in war.^f

³¹Envoys will come from Egypt;^g

Cush^kh will submit herself to God.

³²Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,ⁱ

sing praise^j to the Lord,

³³to him who rides^k across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,

who thunders^l with mighty voice.^m

³⁴Proclaim the powerⁿ of God,

whose majesty^o is over Israel,

whose power is in the heavens.

³⁵You, God, are awesome^p in your sanctuary;^q

the God of Israel gives power and strength^r to his people.^s

Praise be to God!^t