Psalms 68

1 To the chief music-maker. Of David. A Psalm. A Song. Let God be seen, and let his haters be put to flight; let those who are against him be turned back 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 Let them be like smoke before the driving wind; as wax turning soft before the fire, so let them come to an end before the power 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 upright be glad; let them have delight before God; let them be full of joy.

And let the just feast, and rejoice before God: and be delighted with gladness.

4 Make songs to God, make songs of praise to his name; make a way for him who comes through the waste lands; his name is Jah; be glad 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 to those who have no father, a judge of the widows, is God in his holy place.

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

6 Those who are without friends, God puts in families; he makes free those who are in chains; but those who are turned away from him are given a dry 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 you went out before your people, wandering through the waste land; (Selah)

O God, when thou didst go forth in the sight of thy people, when thou didst pass through the desert:

8 The earth was shaking and the heavens were streaming, because God was present; even Sinai itself was moved before 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 You, O God, did freely send the rain, giving strength to the weariness of your heritage.

Thou shalt set aside for thy inheritance a free rain, O God: and it was weakened, but thou hast made it perfect.

10 Those whose resting-place was there, even the poor, were comforted by your good things, O God.

In it shall thy animals dwell; in thy sweetness, O God, thou hast provided for the poor.

11 The Lord gives the word; great is the number of the women who make it public.

The Lord shall give the word to them that preach good tidings with great power.

12 Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods.

The king of powers is of the beloved, of the beloved; and the beauty of the house shall divide spoils.

13 Will you take your rest among the flocks? like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and its feathers 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 Most High put the kings to flight, it was as white as snow in Salmon.

When he that is in heaven appointeth kings over her, they shall be whited with snow in Selmon.

15 A hill of God is the hill of Bashan; a hill with high tops is the hill of Bashan.

The mountain of God is a fat mountain. A curdled mountain, a fat mountain.

16 Why are you looking with envy, you high hills, on the hill desired by God as his resting-place? truly, God will make it his house for ever.

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 war-carriage of God is among Israel's thousands; the Lord has come from Sinai to the holy place.

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 You have gone up on high, taking your prisoners with you; you have taken offerings from men; the Lord God has taken his place on the seat of his power.

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 Praise be to the Lord, who is our support day by day, even the God of our salvation. (Selah)

Blessed be the Lord day by day: the God of our salvation will make our journey prosperous to us.

20 Our God is for us a God of salvation; his are the ways out of death.

Our God is the God of salvation: and of the Lord, of the Lord are the issues from death.

21 The heads of the haters of God will be crushed; even the head of him who still goes on in his evil ways.

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 make them come back from Bashan, and from the deep parts of the sea;

The Lord said: I will turn them from Basan, I will turn them into the depth of the sea:

23 So that your foot may be red with blood, and the tongues of your dogs with the same.

That thy foot may be dipped in the blood of thy enemies; the tongue of thy dogs be red with the same.

24 We see your going, O God: even the going of my God, my King, into the holy place.

They have seen thy goings, O God, the goings of my God: of my king who is in his sanctuary.

25 The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.

Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.

26 Give praise to God in the great meeting; even the Lord, you who come from the fountain of Israel.

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

27 There is little Benjamin ruling them, the chiefs of Judah and their army, the rulers of Zebulun and 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 O God, send out your strength; the strength, O God, with which you have done great things for us,

Command thy strength, O God: confirm, O God, what thou hast wrought in us.

29 Out of your Temple in Jerusalem.

From thy temple in Jerusalem, kings shall offer presents to thee.

30 Say sharp words to the beast among the water-plants, the band of strong ones, with the lords of the peoples, put an end to the people whose delight is 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 Kings will give you offerings, they will come out of Egypt; from Pathros will come offerings of silver; Ethiopia will be stretching out her hands to God.

Ambassadors shall come out of Egypt: Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands to God.

32 Make songs to God, you kingdoms of the earth; O make songs of praise 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 goes or the clouds of heaven, the heaven which was from earliest times; he sends out his voice of power.

Who mounteth above the heaven of heavens, to the east. Behold he will give to his voice the voice of power:

34 Make clear that strength is God's: he is lifted up over Israel, and his power is in the clouds.

Give ye glory to God for Israel, his magnificence, and his power is in the clouds.

35 O God, you are to be feared in your holy place: the God of Israel gives strength and power to his people. Praise be to 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.