Psalms 68
1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered. Let also those who hate him flee before him.
Unto the end, a psalm of a canticle for David himself. Let God arise, and let his enemies be scattered: and let them that 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.
As smoke vanisheth, so let them vanish away: as wax melteth before the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God.
3 But let the righteous be glad. Let them exult before God. Yea, let them rejoice with gladness.
And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with 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 ye to God, sing a psalm to his name, make a way for him who ascendeth upon the west: the Lord is his name. Rejoice ye before him: but the wicked shall be troubled at his presence,
5 A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Who is the father of orphans, and the judge of widows. God 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.
God who maketh men of one manner to dwell in a house: Who bringeth out them that were bound in strength; in like manner them that provoke, that dwell in sepulchres.
7 O God, when thou went forth before thy people, when thou marched through the wilderness (Selah)
O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass 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, and the heavens dropped at the presence of the God of Sina, at the presence of the God of Israel.
9 Thou, O God, sent a plentiful rain. Thou confirmed thine inheritance when it was weary.
Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.
10 Thy congregation dwelt in it. Thou, O God, prepared for the poor from thy goodness.
In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.
11 The Lord gave the word. Great was the company of those who published it.
The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power.
12 Kings of armies fled quickly, and she who remained at home divided the spoil.
The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall 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 sleep among the midst of lots, you shall be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the hinder parts of her back with the paleness of gold.
14 When the Almighty scattered kings in it, it was as it snows in Zalmon.
When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon.
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 curdled mountain, a fat 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.
Why suspect, ye curdled mountains? A mountain in which God is well pleased to dwell: for there the Lord shall dwell unto 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 attended by ten thousands; thousands of them that rejoice: the Lord is among them in Sina, 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.
Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive; thou hast received gifts in men. Yea for those also that do not believe, the dwelling of the Lord God.
19 Blessed be the Lord, who bears our burden daily, even the God who is our salvation. (Selah)
Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.
20 God is to us a God of deliverances, and escape from death belongs to Jehovah the Lord.
Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death.
21 But God will smite through the head of his enemies, the hairy scalp of him who still goes in his guiltiness.
But God shall break the heads of his enemies: the hairy crown of them that walk on in their sins.
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 from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea:
23 that thou may dash thy foot in blood, that the tongue of thy dogs may have its portion from enemies.
That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.
24 They have seen thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, into the sanctuary.
They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary.
25 The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.
26 Bless ye God in the congregations, the lord of the fountain of Israel.
In the churches bless ye God the Lord, 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.
There is Benjamin a youth, in ecstasy of mind. The princes of Juda are their leaders: the princes of Zabulon, the princes of Nephthali.
28 Thy God has commanded thy strength. Strengthen, O God, that which thou have wrought for us.
Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.
29 Because of thy temple at Jerusalem kings shall bring presents to thee.
From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.
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, the congregation of bulls with the kine of the people; who seek to exclude them who are tried with silver. Scatter thou the nations that delight in wars:
31 Rulers shall come out of Egypt. Ethiopia shall hasten to stretch out her hands to God.
Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.
32 Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth. O sing praises to the Lord (Selah)
Sing to God, ye kingdoms of the earth: sing ye to the Lord: Sing ye to God,
33 to him who rides upon the heaven of heavens, which are of old. Lo, he utters his voice, a mighty voice.
Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power:
34 Ascribe ye strength to God. His excellency is over Israel, and his strength is in the skies.
Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power 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 is he who will give power and strength to his people. Blessed be God.
