Psalms 68

1 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.

TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM. A SONG OF DAVID. God rises [and] His enemies are scattered! And those hating Him flee from His face.

2 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.

You drive them away as the driving away of smoke, As the melting of wax before fire, The wicked perish at the presence of God.

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

And the righteous rejoice, they exult before God, And they rejoice with gladness.

4 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,

Sing to God—praise His Name, Raise up a highway for Him who is riding in deserts, In YAH [is] His Name, and exult before Him.

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

Father of the fatherless, and judge of the widows, [Is] God in His holy habitation.

6 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.

God—causing the lonely to dwell at home, Bringing out bound ones into prosperity, Only—the stubborn have inhabited a dry place.

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

O God, in Your going forth before Your people, In Your stepping through the wilderness, (Selah)

8 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.

The earth has shaken, Indeed, the heavens have dropped before God, This Sinai—before God, the God of Israel.

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

You shake out a shower of free-will gifts, O God. Your inheritance, when it has been weary, You have established it.

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

Your creature has dwelt in it, You prepare for the poor in Your goodness, O God.

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

The Lord gives the saying, The female proclaimers [are] a numerous host.

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

Kings of hosts utterly flee away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportions spoil.

13 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.

Though you lie between two boundaries, Wings of a dove covered with silver, And her pinions with yellow gold.

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

When the Mighty spreads kings in it, it snows in Salmon.

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

A hill of God [is] the hill of Bashan, A hill of heights [is] the hill of Bashan.

16 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.

Why do you envy, O high hills, The hill God has desired for His seat? YHWH also dwells forever.

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

The chariots of God [are] myriads, thousands of changes, The Lord [is] among them, in Sinai, in the sanctuary.

18 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.

You have ascended on high, You have taken captivity captive, You have taken gifts for men, That even the stubborn may rest, O YAH God.

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

Blessed [is] the Lord, day by day He lays on us. God Himself [is] our salvation. (Selah)

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

God Himself [is] to us a God for deliverances, And YHWH Lord has the outgoings of death.

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

Only—God strikes The head of His enemies, The hairy crown of a habitual walker in his guilt.

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

The Lord said: “From Bashan I bring back, I bring back from the depths of the sea.

23 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.

So that you dash your foot In the blood of enemies—the tongue of Your dogs.”

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

They have seen Your goings, O God, Goings of my God, my king, in the sanctuary.

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

Singers have been before, Behind [are] players on instruments, Virgins playing with timbrels in the midst.

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

In assemblies bless God, The Lord—from the fountain of Israel.

27 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.

There [is] little Benjamin, their ruler, Heads of Judah their defense, Heads of Zebulun—heads of Naphtali.

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

Your God has commanded your strength, Be strong, O God, You have worked this for us.

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

Because of Your temple at Jerusalem, Kings bring a present to You.

30 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.

Rebuke a beast of the reeds, a herd of bulls, With calves of the peoples, Each humbling himself with pieces of silver, You scatter peoples delighting in conflicts.

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

Fat ones come out of Egypt, Cush causes her hands to run to God.

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

Kingdoms of the earth, sing to God, Praise the Lord! (Selah)

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

To Him who is riding on the heavens of the heavens of old, Behold, He gives with His voice a strong voice.

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

Ascribe strength to God, His excellence [is] over Israel, and His strength in the clouds.

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

Fearful, O God, out of Your sanctuaries, The God of Israel Himself, Giving strength and might to the people. Blessed [is] God!