Psalms 68

1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered. Let also those who hate him flee before him.

Unto the end. A Canticle Psalm of David himself. May God rise up, and may his enemies be scattered, and may those who hate him flee from before his face.

2 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.

Just as smoke vanishes, so may they vanish. Just as wax flows away before the face of fire, so may sinners pass away before the face of God.

3 But let the righteous be glad. Let them exult before God. Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.

And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness.

4 Sing to God, sing praises to his name. Cast up a highway for him who rides through the deserts. His name is Jehovah, and exult ye before him.

Sing to God, sing a psalm to his name. Make a path for him, who ascends over the west. The Lord is his name. Exult in his sight; they will be stirred up before his face,

5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.

the father of orphans and the judge of widows. God is in his holy place.

6 God sets the lonely in families. He brings out the prisoners into prosperity, but the rebellious dwell in a parched land.

It is God who makes men dwell in a house under one custom. He leads out those who are strongly bound, and similarly, those who exasperate, who dwell in sepulchers.

7 O God, when thou went forth before thy people, when thou marched through the wilderness (Selah)

O God, when you departed in the sight of your people, when you passed through the desert,

8 the earth trembled, the heavens also dropped at the presence of God, Sinai at the presence of God, the God of Israel.

the earth was moved, for the heavens rained down before the face of the God of Sinai, before the face of the God of Israel.

9 Thou, O God, sent a plentiful rain. Thou confirmed thine inheritance when it was weary.

You will set aside for your inheritance, O God, a willing rain. And though it was weak, truly, you have made it perfect.

10 Thy congregation dwelt in it. Thou, O God, prepared for the poor from thy goodness.

Your animals will dwell in it. O God, in your sweetness, you have provided for the poor.

11 The Lord gave the word. Great was the company of those who published it.

The Lord will give the word to evangelizers, along with great virtue.

12 Kings of armies fled quickly, and she who remained at home divided the spoil.

The King of virtue is beloved among the beloved. And the beauty of the house will divide spoils.

13 Though ye lie between two boundaries, it is as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her pinions with yellow gold.

If you take your rest in the midst of the clergy, you will be like a dove whose wings are covered with fine silver and edged with pale gold.

14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was as it snows in Zalmon.

When heaven discerns kings to be over her, they will be whitened with the snows of Zalmon.

15 A mountain of God is the mountain of Bashan; a high mountain is the mountain of Bashan.

The mountain of God is a fat mountain, a dense mountain, a thick mountain.

16 Why look ye askance, ye high mountains, at the mountain which God has desired for his abode? Yea, Jehovah will dwell in it forever.

So then, why are you distrustful of dense mountains? The mountain on which God is well pleased to dwell, even there, the Lord will dwell until the end.

17 The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands upon thousands. The Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

The chariot of God is ten thousand fold: thousands rejoice. The Lord is with them in Sinai, in the holy place.

18 Thou have ascended on high. Thou have led captivity captive. Thou have received gifts among men, yea, among the rebellious also, that Jehovah God might dwell with them.

You have ascended on high; you have taken captivity captive. You have accepted gifts among men. For even those who do not believe dwell with the Lord God.

19 Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burden daily, even the God who is our salvation. (Selah)

Blessed is the Lord, day after day. The God of our salvation will make our journey prosper for us.

20 God is to us a God of deliverances, and escape from death belongs to Jehovah the Lord.

Our God is the God who will bring about our salvation, and our Lord is the Lord who has brought an end to death.

21 But God will smite through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him who still goes in his guiltiness.

So then, truly, God will break the heads of his enemies, the hairy skull of those who wander around in their offenses.

22 The Lord said, I will bring again from Bashan. I will bring again from the depths of the sea,

The Lord said: I will turn them away from Bashan, I will turn them into the depths of the sea,

23 that thou may dash thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from enemies.

so that your feet may be soaked in the blood of your enemies, so that the tongue of your dogs may be soaked with the same.

24 They have seen thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.

O God, they have seen your arrival, the arrival of my God, of my king who is in a holy place.

25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.

The leaders went ahead, united with the singers of psalms, in the midst of girls playing on timbrels.

26 Bless ye God in the congregations, the lord of the fountain of Israel.

In the churches, bless the Lord God from the fountains of Israel.

27 There is little Benjamin their ruler, the rulers of Judah and their council, the rulers of Zebulun, the rulers of Naphtali.

In that place, Benjamin is a youth in ecstasy of mind. The leaders of Judah are their governors: the leaders of Zebulun, the leaders of Naphtali.

28 Thy God has commanded thy strength. Strengthen, O God, that which thou have wrought for us.

Command by your virtue, O God. Confirm in this place, O God, what you have wrought in us.

29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring presents to thee.

Before your temple in Jerusalem, kings will offer gifts to you.

30 Rebuke the wild beast of the reeds, the multitude of the bulls, with the calves of the peoples, trampling under foot the pieces of silver. He has scattered the peoples that delight in war.

Rebuke the wild beasts of the reeds, a congregation of bulls with the cows of the people, for they seek to exclude those who have been tested like silver. Scatter the nations that are pleased by wars.

31 Rulers shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.

Ambassadors will come out of Egypt. Ethiopia will offer in advance her hands to God.

32 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth. O sing praises to the Lord (Selah)

Sing to God, O kingdoms of the earth. Sing psalms to the Lord. Sing psalms to God.

33 to him who rides upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old. Lo, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.

He ascends, up to the heaven of the heavens, toward the east. Behold, he will utter his voice, the voice of virtue.

34 Ascribe ye strength to God. His excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the skies.

Give glory to God beyond Israel. His magnificence and his virtue is in the clouds.

35 O God, awesome out of thy holy places, the God of Israel, he gives strength and power to his people. Blessed be God.

God is wonderful in his saints. The God of Israel himself will give virtue and strength to his people. Blessed is God.