Psalm 68:1WEB
Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
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For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song.
Psalm 68:1WEB
Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.
Psalm 68:2WEB
As smoke is driven away, so drive them away. As wax melts before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
Psalm 68:3WEB
But let the righteous be glad. Let them rejoice before God. Yes, let them rejoice with gladness.
Psalm 68:4WEB
Sing to God! Sing praises to his name! Extol him who rides on the clouds: to Yah, his name! Rejoice before him!
Psalm 68:5WEB
A father of the fatherless, and a defender of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalm 68:6WEB
God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners with singing, but the rebellious dwell in a sun-scorched land.
Psalm 68:7WEB
God, when you went out before your people, when you marched through the wilderness... Selah.
Psalm 68:8WEB
The earth trembled. The sky also poured down rain at the presence of the God of Sinai— at the presence of God, the God of Israel.
Psalm 68:9WEB
You, God, sent a plentiful rain. You confirmed your inheritance when it was weary.
Psalm 68:10WEB
Your congregation lived therein. You, God, prepared your goodness for the poor.
Psalm 68:11WEB
The Lord announced the word. The ones who proclaim it are a great company.
Psalm 68:12WEB
“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,
Psalm 68:13WEB
while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
Psalm 68:14WEB
When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon.
Psalm 68:15WEB
The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
Psalm 68:16WEB
Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, Yahweh will dwell there forever.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 68:17WEB
The chariots of God are tens of thousands and thousands of thousands. The Lord is among them, from Sinai, into the sanctuary.
Psalm 68:18WEB
You have ascended on high. You have led away captives. You have received gifts among people, yes, among the rebellious also, that Yah God might dwell there.
Psalm 68:19WEB
Blessed be the Lord, who daily bears our burdens, even the God who is our salvation. Selah.
Psalm 68:20WEB
God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Psalm 68:21WEB
But God will strike through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of such a one as still continues in his guiltiness.
Psalm 68:22WEB
The Lord said, “I will bring you again from Bashan, I will bring you again from the depths of the sea,
Psalm 68:23WEB
that you may crush them, dipping your foot in blood, that the tongues of your dogs may have their portion from your enemies.”
Psalm 68:24WEB
They have seen your processions, God, even the processions of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
Psalm 68:25WEB
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,
Psalm 68:26WEB
“Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!”
Psalm 68:27WEB
There is little Benjamin, their ruler, the princes of Judah, their council, the princes of Zebulun, and the princes of Naphtali.
Psalm 68:28WEB
Your God has commanded your strength. Strengthen, God, that which you have done for us.
Psalm 68:29WEB
Because of your temple at Jerusalem, kings shall bring presents to you.
Psalm 68:30WEB
Rebuke the wild animal of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls with the calves of the peoples. Trample under foot the bars of silver. Scatter the nations who delight in war.
Psalm 68:31WEB
Princes shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hurry to stretch out her hands to God.
Psalm 68:32WEB
Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth! Sing praises to the Lord—Selah—
Psalm 68:33WEB
to him who rides on the heaven of heavens, which are of old; behold, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
Psalm 68:34WEB
Ascribe strength to God! His excellency is over Israel, his strength is in the skies.
Psalm 68:35WEB
You are awesome, God, in your sanctuaries. The God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to God!
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.